Sury Klein

“What people see on the surface is rarely the whole story.”

Hi, I'm Sury
SURY KLEIN, LMSW (NY), LSW (NJ), CASAC-T

Helping you find safety
within your own skin.

You’re here because you’re tired of the tug-of-war. You want to be close to people, yet a part of you feels like "shutting down" is the only way to stay safe.

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If your reactions often feel "too much" or you pull away just as things get real, please know: it isn't a character flaw. It is your nervous system doing exactly what it was built to do—protect you from pain it remembers all too well.

As a specialized therapist serving Lakewood, NJ and New York online, I help you stop simply surviving and start feeling truly at home in your own body.

The behaviors people hate about themselves usually started as solutions.

I didn't come into this work because I'm fascinated by diagnoses. I came into it because I'm fascinated by what makes people who they are. Why we do things that don't make sense to us. Why someone can look completely fine on the outside while feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or exhausted underneath. The longer I do this work, the more convinced I become that most of the things people criticize themselves for once made perfect sense. Whether it's shutting down in relationships, addiction, people pleasing, emotional distance, staying busy all the time, or feeling disconnected from yourself, these patterns usually didn't appear out of nowhere. At some point they helped you survive something difficult. The problem is that what once protected you can eventually start limiting your life. My job isn't to judge those patterns or force them away. It's to help you understand them, figure out what they were trying to accomplish, and help you build something that works better for the life you're living now.

Outside The Therapy Room

Before becoming a therapist, I spent more than a decade as a professional designer. Both fields taught me something similar: what people see on the surface is rarely the whole story. I've always been drawn to understanding patterns, whether in people, relationships, design, or business. These days you'll usually find me creating something, drinking coffee, or spending time with my husband and five children.

What Working Together Often Looks Like

  • Slowing things down enough to understand what's happening beneath the surface
  • Learning how trauma, attachment, and life experiences may still be shaping the present
  • Building practical tools without losing sight of the deeper story
  • Exploring the parts of you that feel stuck, overwhelmed, ashamed, angry, or disconnected
  • Creating change without needing to bully yourself into it

Training & Modalities

  • LMSW (NY)
  • LSW (NJ)
  • CASAC-T
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Trauma-Informed & Attachment-Focused
  • Experience Facilitating Individual and Group Therapy
  • Specialized Focus on Trauma, Addiction, Relationships & Emotional Disconnection
Compatibility

Who I work
best with.

✦ People who look functional on the outside but feel overwhelmed underneath.
◈ Adults navigating trauma, addiction, shame, or relationship patterns that won't seem to change.
♡ People looking for depth, honesty, and a therapist who won't rush the process.

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848.245.2096

Trauma & C-PTSD

Understanding the survival patterns that still shape life today.

Addiction Recovery

Looking beneath the addiction to understand what it has been trying to solve.

IFS & Parts Work

Exploring the different parts of you with curiosity rather than judgment.