About Susan
Susan Josephson is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 25 years of experience. She helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, depression, addictions, or parenting strains. Her approach is respectful and straightforward.
She aims to make the first step easier for anyone reaching out for help. Susan adapts conversations and plans to each person's needs. She listens first and then works with the client to set practical goals.
How Susan works
She uses client-centered methods that focus on the person's experience and priorities. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful patterns and try different ways of thinking and behaving. Sessions can address relationship concerns, self-esteem, career changes, and coping with life transitions.
She also supports people facing compassion fatigue, ADHD, or challenges tied to aging, caregiving, or blended family issues. Additional focus areas include post-traumatic stress, sexual assault and abuse, domestic violence, and multicultural concerns. Susan has worked across many settings over her career and brings that variety into her practice.
She emphasizes clear communication and gentle challenge when it helps progress. Her goal is steady, manageable change rather than quick fixes. People who choose her can expect patient listening, collaborative planning, and practical tools they can use between sessions.
She tailors pace and methods to match each person's comfort and goals.
Susan lists 2 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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Susan’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's own priorities and experience. In practice this means sessions begin with listening to what matters most and shaping the work around those goals. It helps when someone needs acceptance, clearer self-understanding, or steady support through life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses short exercises and concrete steps to test new ways of thinking or acting. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many day-to-day challenges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan will collaborate with each client to decide whether client-centered methods, CBT, or a mix fits best. Together they set goals, try techniques, and check what is helping as therapy continues.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people keep face-to-face contact from different locations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, homework, or moments when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy routines and to continue progress between appointments.
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A practical next step
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