Sue Frazier-Bear

Sue Frazier-Bear is a Licensed Professional Counselor with twenty years of experience. She creates a calm, respectful space where people can talk about stress, grief, anxiety, or major life changes. Her approach emphasizes dignity and acceptance for each person who comes in to talk.

She has worked alongside educators, psychiatrists, and other counselors and has supervised trainees beginning their counseling careers. That background informs how she listens and how she plans sessions. Sessions tend to be individual counseling focused on the person in front of her rather than group work or broad programs.

Sue draws on several ways of working rather than a single technique. She combines psychodynamic ideas with mindfulness practices, guided relaxation, and breathing exercises. Internal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy are part of the mix she uses when those methods fit a person’s needs.

She has experience addressing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and trauma-related concerns. Sue also supports people dealing with loss, hospice and end-of-life matters, relationship and parenting concerns, and issues such as abandonment or family-of-origin wounds. Her work includes addressing anger, substance-related problems, and stress reduction.

Sue is affirming of all identities and is a member of the Self-Compassion Community of Kristen Neff. She provides care in Tennessee and carries the LPC credential listed as Licensed Professional Counselor.

People who choose to work with her can expect listening, practical grounding tools, and a focus on what matters to them as they navigate difficult transitions.

How these approaches translate to online work

Sue often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters and take small, values-based steps toward those goals. ACT can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions. Jungian and psychodynamic ideas focus on patterns from a person's history and inner life; this work looks at recurring themes and personal meaning that shape feelings and behavior.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Sue collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit best. Sessions usually begin by identifying immediate concerns, then trying gentle practices and conversational work to see what helps most for that person’s goals.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the exact session formats offered before booking. The main practical benefits include fitting sessions into a busy schedule, easier access when travel is difficult, and the ability to use short check-ins or guided relaxation without needing extra commute time. Licensed professionals can adapt mindfulness exercises, grounding work, and values-based tasks for remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.