About Susan
Susan Owen helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, and big life changes. She introduces straightforward steps and steady support to help people feel more capable. Susan has 35 years of practice as a licensed clinical social worker and draws on that experience to guide conversations and planning.
Susan keeps sessions focused and practical. She listens without judgment and works with each person to set clear, achievable goals.
How Susan works
Conversations cover what is most pressing, then move toward skills and small changes that fit daily life. Her background includes work with aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and first responder concerns. She also helps people coping with family of origin problems, codependency, control issues, and isolation.
Seasonal Affective Disorder, midlife transitions, and women’s issues are among other areas she addresses. Susan uses a mix of person-centered listening and methods that teach new ways to think and act. That can mean practical exercises from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness practices to calm the mind, or short-term solution-focused steps to move forward.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone needs a boost to find their own reasons to change. She offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging so people can pick what fits their routines. Susan holds SC LISW-CP and VA LCSW credentials and practices in South Carolina.
She works in English and adapts her approach to each person’s needs.
Susan lists 5 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LISW-CP, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s perspective. The therapist follows the person’s lead, offers empathy, and helps identify goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and practice different responses. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and changing daily habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. She adjusts plans as progress is made so the approach stays practical and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text messaging work well for shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, or when someone needs flexible timing. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, caregiving, or other routines.
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