Susan Phillips

Susan Phillips is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 25 years of experience in the mental health field. She focuses on listening closely to what people bring to sessions and helping them find practical ways to move forward. Her work includes support for grief and hospice and end-of-life counseling as well as stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma.

Over her career she has helped people cope with relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. She also addresses caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, abandonment and family-of-origin issues, and the emotional fallout from disasters. Her approach aims to match treatment to the problem a person brings in.

Susan uses a client-centered stance to create a space where a person feels heard. From that foundation she adds techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new actions. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is weighing change and needs a clearer path forward.

She also draws on solution-focused and trauma-informed methods to keep sessions practical and goal-directed. That means looking for small, doable steps and strategies that fit daily life. Susan keeps the focus on what a person wants to achieve and tracks progress over time.

People who reach out can expect a respectful, direct style that balances listening with tangible tools. She guides conversations toward workable changes and helps people build skills to manage strong emotions. Susan welcomes the chance to support those facing loss, life transitions, and long-term stressors.

How her approaches fit with online work

Client-centered therapy starts by making space for a person to speak and be heard. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps a person name priorities and goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to change feelings; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Susan will work collaboratively to decide whether client-centered listening, CBT techniques, or motivational interviewing best match a person's needs and goals. Together they set practical steps and check progress over time so the work stays relevant.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when that suits a person. It can also let someone continue care during life transitions or when stressors make in-person visits difficult. Ask about available formats so you can choose what works best for your routine.