SUZY SPIRA, LCSW
CENTER FOR EXPANSIVE LIVING
Learn to navigate life with authenticity, self-love, worthiness, compassion, and ease.
Expand your ability to regulate your nervous system, through talk, embodiment practices, mindfulness, breathwork, movement, and somatic release.

The Work

The Center for Expansive Living brings clients a unique kind of therapy. In traditional talk therapy, when clients recall past or present trauma, the nervous system often moves into a state of flight, fight, and freeze. I provide a space where clients are able to discuss things that are uncomfortable and then help them reregulate their nervous systems. I send clients back out to the world feeling strong, settled, and at peace.

I believe in our abilities to hold and learn from all life experiences, positive, negative, and neutral. It is not necessary to rehash trauma, it is just necessary to work with patterns of dis-ease and stuck energy. My goal is to help you build a more resilient nervous system. We will use the content that you bring, to help us track your nervous system; you will receive energetic healing work (if requested); and we will develop tools to help you return to your center, core, spine, and truth when you are triggered. Facing life from our center helps us live more expansive lives.

I have been mothering a human for 14 years, dogs for 9, and grandmothering a bunny since the pandemic began. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my daughter, husband, and furry family members, talking with friends, walking, cooking, picking up food and flowers at local farms, practicing yoga, playing word games, and reading about psychology, the body, and astrology.

I would love to learn about you and your story, and help you move forward with more self-love, worthiness, ease, joy, and authenticity.

My Trainings

  • Psychotherapist

    Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of New Jersey (License #44SC05462300, NPI #1336218866, EIN#46-5054052). Earned Masters in Clinical Social Work from New York University in 2007. Further studies include the mind-body connection, trauma, nervous system regulation, mindfulness, breathwork, Integrated Somatic Psychotherapy, and Gottman levels 1 &2. I have studied some of the work of Janina Fischer, Peter Levine, Stephen Porges, and others affiliated with the National Institute for Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine.

  • Energy Techniques

    Reiki Master, and have studied Hellerwork, Cranial Sacral Work, Sound Healing, and Polarity Therapy. I have been studying techniques since 2001. Hands-on light touch energy work is permitted in the state of New Jersey by Energy Workers such as Reiki Masters. When desired this work is used to help my client regulate their nervous systems. My work is highly intuitive, I listen deeply to your body, your words, and your field in an effort to support your body’s healing.

  • Other

    Completed levels 1-3 and Interned at Debra Silverman Astrology School. I teach basic astrology and use Astrology to help validate clients’ experiences and understand more about clients (when desired).

    My undergraduate degree is a Bachelors of Science in Accounting from Lehigh University. I subsequently earned my CPA. I spent 10 years in the business world passing parts of the CFA exam. This knowledge helps me present things clearly and has helped clients with their careers.

Lets Work Together

Intake session (90 min) $380

Repeat sessions (90 min) $330

Short sessions when agreed to (60 min) $280

Short sessions when agreed to (45 min) $240

Short sessions when agreed to (30 min) $180

Mini clearing session (15 min) $95

Workshops priced as advertised

prices are the same for in-person and remote sessions.