About Susan
Susan Cockrell uses a client-centered approach to help people facing hard life moments. She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, and she focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Susan keeps language simple and meetings straightforward so parents can read quickly and decide if she might help.
Susan works with people who are coping with addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, and stress. She also helps people struggling with self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, career concerns, and parenting stress.
How Susan works
Her practice includes support for LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. She draws on several approaches to tailor care, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and a client-centered style. That mix lets her focus on values, practical skills, emotional regulation, and listening without judgment.
Sessions are meant to be collaborative and goal oriented. Susan has five years of clinical experience and holds LCSW credentials in Texas and Arizona. Her work also addresses additional areas such as chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, blended family issues, and substance use concerns.
She aims to meet people where they are and build on small, workable changes. In sessions she tends to use clear tools and homework when helpful, along with open conversation. The emphasis is on steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Parents looking for calm, straightforward guidance about relationship, behavior, or life transitions may find this approach practical and accessible.
Susan lists 4 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions aligned with those values. It focuses less on changing every thought and more on building a meaningful life despite difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. It is practical and often includes exercises to do between sessions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and collaboration to help people feel heard and make their own choices about change.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and personal style. That may mean mixing ACT, CBT, and a client-centered stance so sessions fit the problem being addressed and the person's preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet that fit busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn't preferred. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when writing helps clarify thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and to use tools in real time between sessions.
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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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