About Susan
Susan Sullivan is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 11 years of experience helping people through hard times. She focuses on direct, practical support for issues like anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, stress, and compassion fatigue. Susan connects with people using a respectful, person-centered style.
She prioritizes listening and clear collaboration so clients feel heard and understood. Susan often brings Cognitive Behavioral Therapy into sessions to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.
How Susan works
She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple grounding skills that reduce overwhelm in daily life. Narrative Therapy helps clients reframe difficult experiences so they can move forward with more choice. Sessions are approached as a team effort.
The client’s story guides the work and Susan helps shape a plan that fits each person’s goals and circumstances. She offers both individual and group work in her background and tailors strategies to what a person can use right away. Susan aims to make sessions genuine, respectful, and positive.
She uses coaching-style questions and practical exercises so changes feel achievable. Expect short-term tools and longer conversations as needed, depending on the issue. Based in Texas, Susan holds the LMFT credential and draws on a mix of evidence-based approaches.
Her work emphasizes straightforward steps, steady support, and helping people regain a clearer view of their next moves.
Susan lists 6 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.
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Susan uses Client-Centered Therapy to center the client’s experience and build trust. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and collaborating so the person feels respected and guiding their own goals. It can help with stress, grief, relationship questions, and self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is a practical, skills-focused method she often uses. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety or depressive patterns. It works well for day-to-day coping and measurable progress.
Mindfulness Therapy is another common tool in her work. Simple grounding and breath-based exercises teach awareness and reduce overwhelm during stressful moments. These techniques are easy to practice between sessions and fit well into short check-ins.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Susan collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and current needs. She adjusts techniques as clients try things and report what helps.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different routines. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls are handy when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports quick check-ins or brief coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and daily life.
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