About Suzanne
Suzanne Ornelas is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) practicing in New Mexico with 20 years of experience. She helps people facing trauma and abuse, grief and loss, parenting challenges, anger, depression, anxiety, stress, and struggles with self-esteem. Suzanne also works with intimacy-related issues, relationship and family concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Her style is respectful, sensitive, and compassionate. Suzanne tailors conversations and treatment plans to each person's situation. She focuses on clear, practical steps and supports people as they make changes.
How Suzanne works
Suzanne has a long history of helping people cope with big life shifts and grief. She also addresses first responder issues, hoarding behavior, and hospice and end-of-life counseling. Coaching is offered alongside therapeutic work when people want concrete strategies for daily challenges.
Sessions are arranged to fit individual needs and preferences. Suzanne aims to make the process straightforward and removes unnecessary complexity. She encourages people who are unsure or nervous to take the first step and complete the initial matching process.
Her background and approach combine two decades of practice with a willingness to adapt methods to the person in front of her. Conversations are paced to what each person can handle, and plans evolve as progress is made. The focus stays on practical coping, clearer thinking, and rebuilding a sense of control.
What Suzanne works with
The areas below are the ones Suzanne selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Mexico |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Suzanne uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical coping and healing from trauma. One common approach involves grounding and stabilizing skills that help reduce overwhelming feelings in the moment and restore a sense of safety. This helps people facing trauma, anxiety, or intense stress regain control over daily functioning.Another approach emphasizes grief and life-change work that helps people process loss and build routines that support adjustment. That work combines emotional processing with concrete steps to manage day-to-day tasks and responsibilities.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Suzanne will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then adapt methods as therapy progresses. She works together with clients to try approaches and refine them based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible options that fit different needs and schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or travel is an issue, and live chat or text-based messaging provide brief check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, and other obligations.
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