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Suni Kuriakose

Suni Kuriakose, LPC

New Jersey

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Licensed Professional Counselor - Life purpose, relationships

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Relationship support
  • Grief and trauma

About Suni

Suni Kuriakose is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with eight years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship problems, process trauma and abuse, and cope with grief and loss. Her work also covers a range of other concerns including depression, addictions, parenting challenges, and career-related changes.

She focuses on practical conversation and collaborative planning. Sessions typically involve talking through current problems, identifying patterns, and trying simple strategies that can be used between meetings. She adapts the pace and topics to what each person brings to the room.

Suni pays particular attention to areas like intimacy-related issues, eating and self-esteem concerns, and family-of-origin problems. She also works with people facing abandonment, blended family tensions, caregiver stress, and forgiveness issues. First responder stress, fertility and fatherhood concerns are included among her areas of experience.

Her approach emphasizes respectful, sensitive interaction and a client-directed process. She and the client set goals together and adjust work as progress and life circumstances change. The aim is to help people notice workable steps rather than promise a fixed outcome.

Sessions are conducted in English and are based out of New Jersey. Before booking, confirm the current session formats and scheduling details. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial meeting through the service button provided.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Suni describes her work as practical and client-focused. Two evidence-based approaches she commonly draws on are short-term problem-focused work and trauma-informed conversation. Problem-focused work breaks down current stressors into manageable steps and helps people try small changes between sessions. Trauma-informed conversation pays attention to how past harms affect present reactions and supports steady, paced work on those memories and responses.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She and the client explore goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them as progress and life circumstances change.

The biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current online session options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into work or family schedules, let them avoid travel, or allow shorter check-ins when time is limited. Phone sessions can use less bandwidth and are useful when a video session would be difficult. Discuss practical needs and timing when you complete the matching questionnaire and schedule the first session.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImmigration issuesIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Experience

8+ years

Listed in

New Jersey

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, and related issues listed in her profile.

How does she approach feeling stuck or directionless?

She uses straightforward conversation to identify patterns and practical steps. Work is collaborative and adjusted to the person’s pace and needs.

How much experience does she have?

She has eight years of professional experience providing counseling in clinical settings.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in New Jersey and practices from that state.

In which languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What formats are used for sessions?

Current session formats are not specified in the biography. Confirm the available session formats before booking.

How does billing and getting started work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.

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