Suzanne Otte

Suzanne Otte is a clinical social worker in private practice providing therapeutic support to clients who experience a range of mental health challenges. Suzanne pursued her MSW at Boston University. During that time, she was mentored by experts who were studying compulsive hoarding, publishing research, and developing interventions. Suzanne received training to facilitate CBT-based individual and group treatments. Following her studies, she continued to collaborate with the research team at BU, delivering presentations in the community, treating and writing about hoarding disorder. Suzanne is a lecturer in the MSW program at BU, an advisor to online students completing their field placements, and is a field instructor, training social work students in the treatment of hoarding disorder. She is also actively involved in equine-facilitated mental health practice and is a licensed riding instructor. In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her family, including her patient husband, beloved horse, and very spoiled dog.