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Suzy Ross
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, CTRS, RTC
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Suzy Ross

Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, CTRS, RTC (she, her)

Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
1 Endorsed
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Let's Connect (831) 704-5675
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If you prefer efficient approaches that help you to face, heal, and integrate distressing, peak or psychedelic experiences through evidence-based, experiential, somatic, and ancient exercises, contact me. I am a recreational therapist specializing in trauma and transformation, professor, and author of The Map to Wholeness. I will guide you through neurolinguistic programming for emotional breakthroughs, biofeedback to restore harmony in the body, and bilateral stimulation for integration. See me to transform feelings of anxiety, depression, hopelessness, and loneliness into self-love, play, peace, and joy so you can become whole.
Our goal is to integrate trauma, shadow, light, inner masculine and inner feminine so you can transform and become an entirely new you, living a healthier life. We will reduce distressing memories/circumstances from let’s say, an 8/10 to a 0/10 in as few as 3 sessions. Treatment will leave you physically lighter, emotionally empowered, and mentally clearer.
I have more than 25 years of experience helping adults integrate traumatic and peak experiences. Integration causes clients to smile when a smile was rare, shed a tear of love when the heart had been hopeless, forgive when doing so seemed impossible, and feel a deep reverberation of a rising personal power, out of the ashes. Transformation is our birthright.
Call or Suzy Ross now for a free 15 minute consultation - (831) 704-5675

My Practice at a Glance

Available online only

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

(831) 704-5675

Atherton, CA 94027

For therapy, meet with me online during the weekday. Email/call me for rite of passage ceremonies, indigenous healings, and trainings.
$130 Per Session  
Individual one-on-one therapy 
Let's Connect (831) 704-5675
Photo of Suzy Ross, PhD, CTRS, RTC, Pre-Licensed Professional

My Practice at a Glance

Available online only

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

(831) 704-5675

Atherton, CA 94027

For therapy, meet with me online during the weekday. Email/call me for rite of passage ceremonies, indigenous healings, and trainings.
$130 Per Session  
Individual one-on-one therapy 

Finances

Fees

  • Individual Sessions $130
  • Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
  • Pay by Paypal, Venmo, Zelle
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My rates are reduced while I receive supervision from Dr. Jennifer Holt, PhD (LPCC, 213) in bilateral stimulation. If you use an online app that is not listed here, please email/text me so I can accommodate your circumstances.
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (831) 704-5675
Photo of Suzy Ross, PhD, CTRS, RTC, Pre-Licensed Professional
Suzy Ross
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, CTRS, RTC
"
My rates are reduced while I receive supervision from Dr. Jennifer Holt, PhD (LPCC, 213) in bilateral stimulation. If you use an online app that is not listed here, please email/text me so I can accommodate your circumstances.
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (831) 704-5675
Photo of Suzy Ross, PhD, CTRS, RTC, Pre-Licensed Professional
Suzy Ross
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, CTRS, RTC

Qualifications

  • Verified by Psychology Today Supervised by Dr. Jennifer Holt (California / 213) Suzy Ross
  • In Practice for 28 Years
  • License: National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification 39755 / 1996
  • Degree/Diploma from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse MS Recreational Therapy / 1996
  • Attended California Institute for Integral Studies, Ph.D., Graduated 2008
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I have spent most of my life sitting at the feet of elders, receiving healings and trainings from therapists and spiritual healers, learning from books and nature, and formally studying transformation. The most important tool I bring to therapy is my self-awareness, embodiment, and relationships.
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (831) 704-5675
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Suzy Ross
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, CTRS, RTC
"
I have spent most of my life sitting at the feet of elders, receiving healings and trainings from therapists and spiritual healers, learning from books and nature, and formally studying transformation. The most important tool I bring to therapy is my self-awareness, embodiment, and relationships.
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (831) 704-5675
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Suzy Ross
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, CTRS, RTC

Specialties and Expertise

Expertise

  • Anxiety
  • Body Positivity
  • Cancer
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Spirituality
  • Sports Performance
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Veterans
  • Video Game Addiction
  • Women's Issues
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Our plan is to resolve memories that still bother you and ground life-changing experiences into your body so you can be more present. My specializations include recreational therapy (play as medicine), psychedelic integration, indigenous healing practices, sacred play, rites of passage ceremony, neurolinguistic programming, bilateral tapping, biofeedback, theta healing, and positive psychology.
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (831) 704-5675
Photo of Suzy Ross, PhD, CTRS, RTC, Pre-Licensed Professional
Suzy Ross
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, CTRS, RTC
"
Our plan is to resolve memories that still bother you and ground life-changing experiences into your body so you can be more present. My specializations include recreational therapy (play as medicine), psychedelic integration, indigenous healing practices, sacred play, rites of passage ceremony, neurolinguistic programming, bilateral tapping, biofeedback, theta healing, and positive psychology.
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (831) 704-5675
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Suzy Ross
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, CTRS, RTC

Client Focus

Age

Teen
Adults
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals

Communities

Blind Allied
Deaf Allied
HIV / AIDS Allied
Immuno-disorders
Little Person Allied
Non-Binary Allied
Queer Allied
Racial Justice Allied
Sex Worker Allied
Single Mother
Transgender Allied

Age

Teen
Adults
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals

Communities

Blind Allied
Deaf Allied
HIV / AIDS Allied
Immuno-disorders
Little Person Allied
Non-Binary Allied
Queer Allied
Racial Justice Allied
Sex Worker Allied
Single Mother
Transgender Allied

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Attachment-based
  • Biofeedback
  • Coaching
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Experiential Therapy
  • Feminist
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Neuro-Linguistic (NLP)
  • Positive Psychology
  • Q'ero/Inka Healing Practices - Sacred Play
  • Recreation Therapy
  • Somatic
  • Transpersonal
  • Trauma Focused
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My approach is to listen holistically, swiftly find the heart of your distress, and then sense which approach to therapy might be best for this moment in your health and healing. What is important to me is to facilitate a method that matches your pace (how quickly the healing can unfold) and your strengths (emotional, relational, spiritual, cognitive, somatic).
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (831) 704-5675
Photo of Suzy Ross, PhD, CTRS, RTC, Pre-Licensed Professional
Suzy Ross
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, CTRS, RTC
"
My approach is to listen holistically, swiftly find the heart of your distress, and then sense which approach to therapy might be best for this moment in your health and healing. What is important to me is to facilitate a method that matches your pace (how quickly the healing can unfold) and your strengths (emotional, relational, spiritual, cognitive, somatic).
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (831) 704-5675
Photo of Suzy Ross, PhD, CTRS, RTC, Pre-Licensed Professional
Suzy Ross
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, CTRS, RTC

Location

Primary Location

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

(831) 704-5675

Additional Location

Atherton, CA 94027

(831) 704-5675
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For therapy, meet with me online during the weekday. Email/call me for rite of passage ceremonies, indigenous healings, and trainings.
Call for a free consultation now - (831) 704-5675
Photo of Suzy Ross, PhD, CTRS, RTC, Pre-Licensed Professional
Suzy Ross
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, CTRS, RTC
"
For therapy, meet with me online during the weekday. Email/call me for rite of passage ceremonies, indigenous healings, and trainings.
Call for a free consultation now - (831) 704-5675
Photo of Suzy Ross, PhD, CTRS, RTC, Pre-Licensed Professional
Suzy Ross
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, CTRS, RTC