Susan Haynes-Carabello

Susan Haynes-Carabello is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She focuses on practical steps that ease overwhelm and increase confidence. Susan also supports people facing life transitions, caregiving strain, aging concerns, and end-of-life issues in hospice and related settings.

Her approach is down-to-earth and collaborative. Sessions aim to be validating and nonjudgmental. Susan teaches tools for emotion regulation and for shifting long-held negative beliefs that get in the way of daily life.

Susan blends several well-known methods to match each person’s needs. She uses client-centered work to keep the person’s priorities central, cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness practices to calm the nervous system. She also draws on emotionally-focused and solution-focused ideas when those fit the situation.

Clients can expect a focus on practical skills alongside deeper processing when needed. The work often includes learning simple practices to reduce anxiety, strategies to lift mood, and steps to rebuild confidence after trauma or loss. Susan emphasizes partnership, teaching skills that people can use between sessions.

Over her career she has worked with issues like abandonment, caregiver stress, post-traumatic stress, veterans' concerns, traumatic brain injury, seasonal mood changes, and women’s issues. Her intent is to help people move past barriers toward a clearer sense of purpose and more satisfying daily life.

Approaches that shape online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s goals and experience at the center of the work, encouraging honest sharing and mutual decision-making about what to address. It helps when someone needs an accepting, steady place to talk through distress and find clarity.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing small behavior changes to improve mood and reduce anxiety. It is useful for daily stress, depression, and managing anxious thoughts.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and process strong emotions and strengthen emotional resilience. It often supports deeper processing after trauma or loss and can help people reconnect with their own values and needs.

Finding the best fit is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose which approaches to try based on goals and what feels most helpful. That collaboration allows methods to be adapted over time as needs change.

The therapist’s biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when life is hectic. It can also allow for quieter sessions when someone prefers not to travel, and for using written or guided exercises between meetings to keep progress moving.