About Susan
Susan "Sue" Wildermann is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with 18 years of clinical experience. She combines practical methods with a calm, down-to-earth style. Sue treats people with respect and listens carefully to what matters most to them.
Sue describes therapy as a team process. She helps clients name what feels off and then tries small, doable changes to improve daily life. Her style is straightforward and nonjudgmental, and she encourages clients to build on their own strengths.
How Susan works
Over her career she has supported people facing anxiety, stress, depression, ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and grief. She has also worked with trauma and abuse survivors and with those dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns. Parenting challenges, family conflict, and caregiving strain are part of her focus as well.
Sue uses a mix of approaches to match the person in front of her. Her methods include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused ideas, narrative work, and solution-focused strategies. She helps people try practical steps, rethink unhelpful patterns, and strengthen emotional connection where needed.
Sessions often center on clear goals and steady progress. Sue aims to help clients make choices that fit their lives, repair or improve relationships, and feel more capable managing stress and change.
Susan lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Susan works with
The areas below are the ones Susan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Sue commonly blends client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to shape online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people explore their own goals and values in a supportive way. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and uses clear exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits.She also draws on emotionally-focused therapy when relationship patterns are central. EFT helps people notice emotional responses and practice new ways of connecting or repairing bonds. All of these approaches are practical and goal-oriented, so choices about which to use are based on a person's needs and what they hope to change.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify goals, try methods, and adjust if something is not helping. Clients and therapist decide together which techniques fit best for the issues and personal preferences involved.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and relationship work, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can support shorter check-ins, reflection between sessions, or flexible scheduling during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and maintain steady progress.
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