Susan Winston, Author at The Berkshire Edge

Susan Winston

Susan Winston is a television producer turned psychotherapist who, tiring of driving those annoying Los Angeles freeways, has moved to the Berkshires full-time and opened her private practice in Great Barrington. She specializes in work with those facing high stress, anxiety, depression, emotional reactivity, bipolar diagnosis, continued addiction recovery and more. Her motto is SHIFT HAPPENS. (Yes, sometimes she drops the ‘F”). She joins her clients in riding the tidal wave of change through heart and humor.

Articles from Susan Winston

Viewpoints

During SAD season, here’s what you can do to shake the blues

Depression and anxiety are the other epidemics in our world right now, a pervasive offshoot of continued COVID and all the uncertainty this virus brings.

Susan Winston

Viewpoints

Our frontline workers are suffering from PTSD

Frontline workers are now seeking therapy and tell me they cannot continue at this pace, and often cannot face yet another person who is going to die no matter what they do to help.

Susan Winston

Life In the Berkshires

Did I shave my legs for this?

Has it occurred to anyone else that baseball is now the hairiest profession? What's a girl to do?

Susan Winston

Life In the Berkshires

A salute to moms and dads in the time of COVID

As parents, we did not sign up for this. We knew having kids would bring any number of challenges, but was COVID-19 in anyone’s imagination?

Susan Winston

Life In the Berkshires

Love is in the air, or in the app

Meeting that special someone is no longer an organic process ... You pre-process through an app,

Susan Winston

Life In the Berkshires

Shaking off the seasonal blues

Information about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) from local psychotherapist Susan Winston: Take SAD seriously, and please get the help you need.

Susan Winston

Life In the Berkshires

City Slicker to Country Girl

A transplant from Los Angeles deals with zoological adventures now that she lives in the Berkshires.

Susan Winston

Farm and Table

SHRINK RAP: Kale nation

Writer and psychologist Susan Winston, no fan of kale, wonders where it came from and how it has managed to have taken control over our culinary adventures.

Susan Winston

Life In the Berkshires

SHRINK RAP: Why buying a bed bugs you

A local psychotherapist walks you through the underside of dealing with insomnia.

Susan Winston