About Susan
Susan Briggs is a licensed professional counselor with 15 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma and relationship concerns. She aims to make the first step into therapy easier and more manageable.
Susan creates a calm, open space where people can talk about hard things without judgment. She listens closely and matches her responses to each person’s needs. Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer thinking, and building skills that can be used between appointments.
How Susan works
Her approach draws on client-centered work that prioritizes the person's own goals and perspective. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try new ways of reacting. Dialectical behavior strategies are used when emotional regulation and strong feelings get in the way of daily life.
Susan has supported people struggling with caregiver stress, communication problems, control concerns, guilt, shame, and isolation. She also helps those facing questions about life purpose, midlife changes, social anxiety, and women's issues. Therapy sessions are tailored to the problem at hand and paced to fit each person's readiness.
She is licensed in Pennsylvania as an LPC. Sessions are offered in English and arranged around each person's schedule. If someone is unsure where to begin, Susan helps map a clear first step and plans achievable goals together.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and perspective. In practice this means the therapist listens, reflects what is heard, and follows the person's lead to set goals and next steps. This approach helps when someone needs support naming what matters most and deciding where to start.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, organizes sessions around identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it breaks problems into manageable tasks and homework that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Susan will work together with each person to decide which methods fit best based on goals and preferences. That collaborative process means approaches may be blended or adjusted over time to meet changing needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper work, phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging are useful for brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and life demands.
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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.
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