About Mary-Suzanne
Mary-Suzanne Bante is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan with 30 years of experience. She helps people facing low self-esteem, depression, burnout, and major life changes. Her work also includes coaching around purpose and recovery from compassion fatigue.
She uses clear, practical steps so clients can make small changes that add up. Sessions focus on understanding patterns, building coping skills, and setting realistic goals. Mary-Suzanne blends structured techniques with a warm, collaborative attitude.
How Mary-Suzanne works
Her background includes long-term work in nonprofit and university settings and volunteer roles with community organizations. That experience shaped a down-to-earth style that values real-world solutions. She draws on decades of practice to match approaches to each person's needs.
Typical concerns she addresses include attachment and abandonment wounds, body image, communication problems, chronic illness or pain, caregiver stress, and life purpose. She also supports people dealing with cancer, guilt and shame, isolation, jealousy, and forgiveness work.
Her methods include cognitive behavioral approaches that look at thoughts and behaviors, mindfulness practices to slow reactivity, motivational interviewing to strengthen commitment to change, and solution-focused strategies to set concrete next steps. Sessions aim to leave people with tools they can use between meetings.
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What Mary-Suzanne works with
The areas below are the ones Mary-Suzanne selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online work
Mary-Suzanne uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is practical and often involves short exercises between sessions to test new ways of thinking and acting.She also draws on mindfulness therapy to help slow strong reactions and bring attention to the present moment. Mindfulness practice can reduce rumination and improve how someone notices stress as it happens.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan over time. That collaborative process helps find what actually works for daily life.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options increase flexibility and help people stay consistent with care.
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