About Susan
Susan Beard is a licensed professional counselor in Mississippi with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports people dealing with grief, parenting strain, ADHD, and challenges tied to gender or sexual identity.
Susan uses straightforward, talk-based work and practical tools. Sessions focus on understanding what feels stuck and finding steps that people can try between meetings. She draws on approaches that address how early connections shape current relationships and on strategies that change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
How Susan works
Her background includes long-term clinical work in community and specialized settings. That experience informs how she tailors therapy to each person’s goals and life circumstances. She listens for patterns in relationships, mood, and coping so the work stays focused and useful.
Susan often blends skills practice with deeper processing for trauma and painful memories. She talks through emotions, helps build new ways to manage stress, and practices concrete techniques to reduce symptoms that get in the way of daily life. The aim is steady progress, not quick fixes.
People who meet with Susan usually find clear steps, honest conversation, and practical plans they can use after a session. She encourages small experiments in life to test new habits and strengthen coping. The result is a therapy plan that matches a person’s needs and moves toward realistic change.
Susan lists 7 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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches That Translate Well Online
Susan uses approaches that fit well with remote work, including Attachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people change how they relate to others. It can be useful for relationship issues, emotional reactivity, and rebuilding trust.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It includes practical skill-building such as mood tracking, behavior experiments, and structured problem solving, which adapt easily to online sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Susan will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that fit the concern, and adjust plans based on what helps. That conversation guides whether to emphasize emotion-focused work, skills training, or trauma processing methods.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction and guided exercises. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill reminders, and ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let people choose the way that fits their routine and comfort.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with SusanWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What concerns does Susan address?
What is her therapeutic style like?
How much clinical experience does she have?
What credentials and location are listed?
Which languages are available for sessions?
What session formats does she offer?
How does payment and cost work?
How do I begin working with her?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for addictions
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions
Practical therapy for stress and relationship strain