Susan V. Filosa

MA, LPC, ATR

Susan Virginia Filosa is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Art Therapist, Shamanic Practitioner, artist and founder of Spark of Valor. Susan’s eclectic offerings are inspired by the natural world; and a belief in the healing power of innate wisdom and creativity. Over the last decade, Susan has worked with children, adolescents, adults, and families in a variety of professional settings ranging from a Federal Veterans Affairs Hospital to a state psychiatric residential hospital where she facilitated acute inpatient group care for adolescents and adults. Susan has also worked in a school setting with young children in crisis and developed a parenting program to support Spanish speaking parents.

Spark Of Valor offers affordable therapy. Schedule a free initial consultation today.

 
 

Specializing in:

Anxiety | Depression | Grief

  • Coping Skills

  • Domestic Abuse

  • Domestic Violence

  • Family Conflict

  • Life Coaching

  • Life Transitions

  • Parenting

  • Peer Relationships

  • Racial Identity

  • Relationship Issues

  • School Issues

  • Self Esteem

  • Self-Harming

  • Spirituality

  • Stress

  • Trauma and PTSD

  • Women's Issues

 

Credentials

  • Masters of Art Therapy: Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT

  • Masters of Conscious Evolution: Mitchell College, Bethany, CT

My Treatment Approaches:

  • Integrative

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Interpersonal

  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)

  • Multicultural

  • Narrative

  • Person-Centered

  • Play Therapy

  • Psychoanalytic

  • Relational

  • Somatic

  • Strength-Based

  • Structural Family Therapy

  • Trauma Focused

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)

  • Art Therapy

  • Attachment-based

  • Coaching

  • Compassion Focused

  • Culturally Sensitive

  • Eclectic

  • Emotionally Focused

  • Existential

  • Expressive Arts

  • Family Systems

  • Humanistic

  • Transpersonal