About Suzanne
Suzanne Shea welcomes people who are feeling stuck after big changes, loss, or struggles with addiction. She writes in a straightforward way and focuses on practical steps that can ease daily life. Suzanne is a Florida licensed clinical social worker with three years of clinical experience and a long background running her own business.
She shifted careers after more than two decades in sales and entrepreneurship to complete a Master of Social Work.
How Suzanne works
That professional change grew from a desire to support others through mental health and relationship challenges. Her prior work gives her a practical, results-oriented perspective in sessions. Suzanne helps people address addictions, grief, low self-esteem, and the stress that comes with major life transitions.
She also supports those dealing with family conflict, feelings of emptiness, and issues tied to adoption or attachment. In sessions she emphasizes clients' existing strengths and the small steps that make a difference. Conversations are direct and down-to-earth.
Suzanne aims to help clients build confidence, improve communication, and manage caregiver stress or blended family difficulties. She encourages people to set realistic goals and practice new skills between meetings. Making the first appointment can feel hard, and she acknowledges that courage.
Suzanne offers a supportive, practical approach that draws on her social work training and real-world experience running a business. Her work is aimed at helping people create clearer next steps and notice progress along the way.
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.
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are practical methods shown to help with real problems. One approach focuses on coping skills and behavioral changes - it breaks bigger goals into small, doable steps and gives people tools to use between sessions for issues like addiction or low motivation. Another approach emphasizes exploring attachment and family patterns to understand how relationships affect feelings and choices; it can help with family conflict, abandonment concerns, and blended family stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss what feels most relevant and adapt methods to match a person's goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process that looks at what helps most in day-to-day life and adjusts as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a full session is needed, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, maintain continuity after major life changes, and try different formats to see what works best.
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