About Susan
Susan Soares is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Indiana. She offers a warm, relational approach that helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and other life challenges. Susan aims to create a relaxed space where clients feel heard and respected before moving into practical work.
She blends practical techniques with a focus on the whole person - mind, body, and spirit. Sessions often balance gentle questioning with clear guidance so clients can build tools that fit their daily life.
How Susan works
Susan uses approaches such as client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical skills, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. With 17 years of experience, she has supported people facing trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, parenting stress, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and career transitions. She also addresses areas like attachment and abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, and coping after separation or disaster.
Susan draws on her experience in a variety of settings to tailor work to each person. She focuses on practical coping skills, communication strategies, and emotional regulation tools. The pace of therapy follows the client’s needs and goals so change happens in manageable steps.
Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session based on availability.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
How Susan’s approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead and offers support that reflects their values and goals. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive, nonjudgmental space to talk through tough feelings.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts shape feelings and actions. Sessions include simple exercises and homework to test new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when practical steps are preferred.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation and coping skills through clear, structured practice. It can help with intense emotions, relationship problems, and managing impulses by adding concrete tools to daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they pick or combine methods so therapy fits the person rather than forcing one style.
Online sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for a face-to-face feel, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging works for quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.
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