About Susan
Susan Csank is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) based in Ohio with 23 years of experience. She uses a client-centered approach to create a calm and respectful space where people can talk through stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, grief, and relationship struggles. She emphasizes practical coping skills and clear steps people can try between sessions.
Susan blends straightforward strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy with mindfulness and motivational interviewing. That means sessions often focus on changing unhelpful thoughts, building small behavior changes, and learning ways to stay grounded in difficult moments.
How Susan works
She also addresses patterns like codependency, communication problems, and issues that come from family of origin dynamics. Her background includes long-term work in mental health and addiction settings, offering both individual and group support. That experience informs how she helps people facing substance use concerns, mood disorders, trauma, and compassion fatigue.
She pays attention to how guilt, shame, and isolation affect daily life. Susan works with parents who are juggling caregiving stress and people navigating major life changes or career pressures. She offers direct, practical guidance rather than abstract theory.
Sessions cover skills practice, goal-setting, and strategies to manage strong emotions. Sessions are available in English and Estonian. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
To begin, clients follow an online matching process and then schedule appointments based on the listed options.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | Estonian |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How her approaches work online
Susan commonly uses client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening, understanding each person's goals, and shaping sessions around what matters to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors, helping people try out small changes and notice different results.She also integrates dialectical behavior therapy skills when strong emotions are present. DBT-style techniques teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can help with anger, mood swings, and relationship strain. Together these approaches support practical skill building and steady progress toward goals.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest ways to proceed. Clients can try different methods and adapt as they go to find what feels most useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and real-time skill practice. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief updates, reminders, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and stay consistent with the work.
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