- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Sue
Sue Frazier-Bear is a Licensed Professional Counselor with twenty years of experience who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and relationship strain. She offers a calm, respectful presence and aims to help clients find practical ways forward. Her work reflects a belief in dignity and acceptance for every person.
She uses straightforward tools like mindfulness, breathing exercises, and guided relaxation to reduce tension and increase focus.
Background and approach
She often blends insight-oriented work with concrete skills so clients can notice change between sessions. Sue has spent time supervising counselors in training and has worked alongside educators and psychiatrists, which shaped how she supports people navigating complex needs.
Sue leans on psychodynamic ideas to help people understand long-standing patterns and on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy methods to clarify values and next steps. She also uses Internal Family Systems concepts to help clients notice inner parts and how they relate. Her approach is flexible and tailored to each person’s situation.
Many clients come for help after trauma, loss, or major life transitions. She works with mood conditions such as bipolar disorder and with people managing grief, anger, or self-esteem struggles. Sue notes experience with adoption and foster care topics, aging and end-of-life concerns, and first responder stress.
Sessions combine talking, skills practice, and reflective work aimed at better daily functioning. She provides care in Tennessee and conducts sessions in English. Sue affirms LGBT people and welcomes diverse life experiences.
What Sue works with
Everything Sue lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sue helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
Approaches Sue lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Many of Sue's methods focus on noticing what matters and building small daily habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take steps that fit those values while tolerating difficult thoughts and feelings. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve focus. Jungian and psychodynamic ideas help people connect current struggles to longer patterns and inner meanings.Choosing an approach is collaborative. Sue will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what felt helpful in past support. Together they adjust methods over time so sessions match changing needs rather than following a fixed plan.
Online work is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or useful when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send thoughts between meetings or use brief check-ins that fit a busy day. These options help people balance care with work, school, or parenting demands.
Questions people ask about Sue
What kinds of problems does Sue help with?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, parenting concerns, relationship strain, anger, self-esteem issues, bipolar disorder, and life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sue mixes insight-focused conversation with hands-on tools like mindfulness, breathing exercises, and guided relaxation to help people feel steadier day to day.
What experience does she bring?
She has twenty years of clinical experience and has supervised counselors in training and collaborated with educators and psychiatrists.
Where is Sue licensed and located?
She holds a Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselor credential and practices in Tennessee.
Which languages are sessions available in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she use?
She works via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are fees and starting therapy handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.
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