About Susan
Susan Williams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and mood concerns. She focuses on practical steps a person can use day to day. Susan works with individuals who are facing addiction, trauma, parenting strain, or major life changes and wants to help people feel more steady and in control.
Susan draws on twenty years of clinical experience in Wisconsin. She listens first to learn what matters most to each person.
How Susan works
From there she tailors tools that fit daily life, such as clearer communication habits, coping skills for intense feelings, and routines that support sleep and mood. Her approach blends attachment-based work with client-centered care and cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she pays attention to how past relationships shape current patterns, follows the client's lead, and helps shift unhelpful thinking through practical exercises.
Mindfulness strategies and DBT-informed coping skills are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are priorities. Susan also addresses a wide range of related concerns including body image, blended family issues, codependency, caregiver stress, and intimacy-related problems. She supports people navigating divorce, separation, or recovery from domestic violence and substance use when those topics are part of the struggle.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Susan helps clients set clear, achievable steps and checks progress along the way. She encourages small changes that build confidence and reduce overwhelm.
Susan lists 9 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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
How Susan’s approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence current patterns. Online sessions use conversations and exercises to notice those patterns, improve connection, and reduce repeating cycles in present relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. In virtual sessions that can mean homework, thought records, and brief in-session practice to change behaviors and ease symptoms. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus; these skills are practiced in session and can be applied during busy days.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist listens to your goals, symptoms, and lifestyle, then suggests which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made based on what feels useful and realistic for the client.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat or text sessions allow brief check-ins, journaling-style exchanges, or quick support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around school, work, or caregiving demands.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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