Susan Longstreth Maroto, L.C.S.W.

Psychotherapist, Medical Advocate, and Educator about Nutraceuticals for Brain Health

Address for In Person Sessions: 200 North Monroe Street, 2nd Floor Media, PA 19063

Address for mailing correspondence and payments: Susan Maroto, L.C.S.W., P.O. Box 18, Chester Heights, PA 19017

Email address: Susan@therapywithsusan.com

Coming soon: my new website: anandacounselinghealthadvocacy.com

https://nakedcartwheels.substack.com

https://thirtyyearsdowntherabbithole.substack.com

https://onceuponaduck.substack.com

https://thirtyyearsdowntherabbithole.substack.com

In this substack I share what I’ve learned from 30 years of being down the rabbit hole of alternative, complementary, natural, integrative, and functional medicine (also known as the medical underground), in which time I’ve read exhaustively and have tried countless interventions and supplements in a decades long quest to heal from chronic health issues (I feel pretty good these days!) I’ll share what I’ve learned and cover many topics of interest to those who want to become as healthy as possible and/or address chronic illnesses with an array of strategies that fall mostly outside the domain of traditional medicine.

Naked Cartwheels in the Snow is a memoir that is in process. I plan to release it in installments and solicit reader feedback as the memoir evolves and is shaped over time. The broad themes are: a family in which there is love and joy but also the dark cloud of my mother’s serious brain health issues, which resulted in many long psychiatric hospitalizations; what it’s like to be the sandwich generation, caring for your own little ones as your aging parents become needy and dependent; secrets, those within families but also those that were the norm, almost di rigeuer, in the 60s and 70s; mental health treatment in the 60s and 70s (think hospitalizations that might last a year or two); as well as medical genetics, epigenetics, and intergenerational patterns regarding trauma and how these variables manifested in our family. Oh, and it may also hold appeal for those who were a part of the last generation to: roam free and wild as children who were allowed to be outside all day without benefit of a cell phone or parental supervision; master the fine art of making conversation with strangers, because how else were you going to get yourself to your destination when the map failed you?; meet romantic partners the old fashioned way, before apps were invented; feel that the Wizard of Oz and The Sound of Music were special because, after all, they were only shown one time a year; and learn to write in cursive.

https://onceuponaduck.substack.com

A Game For All Ages, created by those little rubber Ducks that kids love, with assistance from me (a former school counselor and longtime therapist) on the technical side of things. The Ducks travel the world, encouraging children to spread Love, Joy, and Kindness, to eat nutritious foods, and to read actual books. The Ducks are mischievous and often escape, then send me postcards that hint at their location. Kids have to figure out where the Ducks are (based on the photos they send me, which I then post) the old fashioned way: by collaborating with their friends and consulting with their grown ups.

These Ducks are determined to bring back some of the resilience of older generations by encouraging kids to have the kind of childhood their grandparents might have: less reliance on screens, more reading of books, using their imaginations and problem solving skills, and more time in an effort to reduce childhood, tween, and teen anxiety, depression, and other brain health woes.

** the most effective treatment for people who have experienced trauma and PTSD is EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. This is a therapeutic intervention that must be done in a face to face setting. The EMDR Institute in California can help you.