About Susan
Susan Urtz is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience. She practices in Florida and uses practical, goal-focused methods to help people change what isn’t working in their lives. Susan centers compassion and respect for each person she meets.
Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, ADHD, addictions, and relationship concerns. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, career questions, and compassion fatigue.
How Susan works
Additional areas include adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and divorce or separation problems. Susan blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness techniques to help people notice what matters and take small steps toward it.
She uses client-centered and solution-focused ideas to keep sessions practical and rooted in the person’s goals. Sessions aim to build clearer thinking, steadier mood, and workable habits. Clients can expect straightforward conversations about daily struggles and realistic steps to try between meetings.
Susan emphasizes collaboration and helps people choose strategies that fit their life and values. She encourages pacing change so it feels doable. She holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials and brings decades of clinical experience to each case.
Her approach is warm and steady, aimed at helping people find direction and coping tools that last.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches in online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions in line with those values. It supports movement through fear and avoidance by focusing on values and committed steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to shift thoughts and routines. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and mood regulation. Mindfulness Therapy adds attention training and simple awareness practices to help reduce reactivity and steady attention during stressful moments.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Susan works with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and daily life. She will discuss what feels right, try strategies, and adjust the plan over time so the work stays useful and manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat or text messaging can fit into busy days and support brief coaching or progress updates. These options let people fit therapy into work, family, or travel schedules while keeping continuity with a licensed professional.
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