About Susan
Susan Guerra is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with deep experience helping people who face stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and other life disruptions. She practices from Louisiana and brings a steady, practical style to sessions. Her approach is warm and nonjudgmental and focuses on what will help each person most.
Susan draws on nearly three decades of clinical practice to tailor support to individual needs. She uses clear strategies to manage mood and anxiety, and she helps people build coping skills for grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and career stress.
How Susan works
She also addresses issues like trauma, substance concerns, eating and sleeping problems, and attention challenges. Her sessions are collaborative and straightforward. She mixes talk, skills practice, and real-life homework so people can try new tools between meetings.
The goal is practical change that fits everyday life rather than abstract theory. Susan uses several therapy approaches to guide the work. She emphasizes values-based choices, skill learning, and emotional connection.
That combination lets her match methods to what a person needs right now. People who meet with Susan can expect respect for their unique situation and a plan that grows out of their priorities. She aims to help people build habits that support mood, relationships, and daily functioning.
Over time the focus shifts toward maintaining gains and preventing relapse. Background and approach: Susan has worked in hospice, psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinics, residential programs, shelters, home health, school settings, and counseling centers. With 28 years of experience she brings a broad perspective on practical solutions for real-life problems.
Susan lists 9 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
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help when someone feels stuck by anxiety, depression, or life transitions.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, listening-based relationship where the therapist follows the person’s pace and priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and builds self-directed growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings interact and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns, which can reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and support mood management.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions can fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstration. Phone sessions work when bandwidth or hands-free convenience matters. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter focused exchanges during the day. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills in real time.
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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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