About Susan
Susan "Susie" Maguire is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois. She has 12 years of experience helping people facing depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and relationship concerns. She offers a compassionate, affirming approach for people navigating identity and sexuality questions.
Susie aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for worried parents reading on the go. Susie focuses on clear steps people can try between sessions. She helps clients name feelings, spot patterns, and try small behavior changes that improve day-to-day life.
How Susan works
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with attention to how stress and social anxiety show up at home and at work. Many people come with layered issues like caregiver stress, family of origin concerns, or feelings of isolation. Susie addresses mood disorders, postpartum depression, and seasonal affective disorder with interest in what is happening now and what can be changed.
She also supports people working through guilt, shame, and challenges around gender dysphoria. Her work includes helping with sexuality, relationship strain, and building self-love after self-harm or long periods of low mood. She explains options in plain language and helps set manageable goals.
The emphasis is on practical progress and steady emotional improvement. Sessions can be scheduled to fit busy family life or work demands. People who prefer English-language care will find conversational, down-to-earth support.
Susie encourages a collaborative pace so clients feel comfortable moving forward on their own terms.
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
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches work online
Many of Susie’s methods come from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and daily habits that feed anxiety and depression; sessions involve noticing specific situations and trying small behavior experiments. Another approach centers on building coping skills for stress and social anxiety by practicing new responses and role-playing difficult conversations so people feel more confident in real life.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Susie will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them as progress is made, so therapy stays aligned with the client’s needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when deeper interaction is needed, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for quick check-ins or short, reflective exchanges. These options make it easier to fit sessions into workdays, caregiving routines, or times when leaving home is difficult.
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