About Suzanne
Suzanne Stokes is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 38 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and struggles with self-esteem. She works with adults coping with life changes, grief, addiction, trauma, and issues related to intimacy and parenting. Suzanne also supports people navigating career pressures, compassion fatigue, and attention-related challenges such as ADHD.
Suzanne uses straightforward, practical conversation to help people make sense of painful feelings.
How Suzanne works
She listens closely and helps clients name what matters to them. Sessions focus on small, doable steps people can try between meetings. The tone is warm, direct, and respectful.
Her clinical work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, and existential perspectives. That mix lets her tailor the process to a person’s situation - using thinking tools, values work, or relationship-focused exploration as needed. Hypnotherapy is also included among her approaches.
Suzanne often helps people sort family of origin issues, blended family concerns, and communication or commitment problems. She also brings experience with chronic illness, caregiver stress, aging issues, and first responder-related strain. These topics are explored at a pace that fits each person.
A typical session is conversational and problem-focused. Clients can expect practical strategies, clearer ways to describe their needs, and steps to rebuild confidence. Suzanne aims to empower people to move forward on issues that feel stuck.
Suzanne lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 38 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Suzanne’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes by shifting the focus from eliminating pain to building a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, making it useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build healthier ways of relating to others and to themselves.Choosing the best approach is a shared process. Suzanne will discuss what feels most useful, try methods in session, and adjust the plan based on the person's goals and responses. The work is collaborative and paced to what someone can manage between sessions.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, journaling between sessions, or when written reflection feels more natural. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy day and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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