- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Susan
Susan Phillips is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida with 25 years of experience in mental health work. She focuses on clear, practical support for people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, parenting challenges, and relationship strain. Susan uses everyday language and a calm, steady approach when talking with clients.
Susan centers sessions on the person in front of her. She believes being heard matters and that understanding your own story helps you move forward.
Background and approach
Sessions mix listening with concrete steps you can try between meetings. The aim is to reduce overwhelm and build tools that fit daily life. Her practice draws on client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing.
That combination helps people identify unhelpful patterns, try different actions, and stay motivated to change. Susan also uses solution-focused and trauma-informed ideas when they match a person's goals. She has worked with people facing addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and grief linked to end-of-life issues.
Susan also addresses parenting concerns, family problems, abandonment and adoption-related stress, and recovery after domestic violence or other harm. Susan frames therapy as a collaboration. She listens first, then suggests approaches tailored to each person's needs.
Practical skills, short-term goals, and steady support are the backbone of her work. If someone wants focused guidance and clear next steps, she aims to make the process straightforward and useful.
What Susan works with
Everything Susan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Susan helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Susan lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused 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.
How Susan’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s perspective. Online sessions can recreate that open space where the therapist reflects what matters most and helps clients name their priorities. This approach suits worries tied to parenting stress, grief, and relationship strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. In online work CBT often uses short exercises, thought records, and homework that can be shared during or between sessions to track progress with stress, anxiety, and mood concerns.
Motivational Interviewing supports people who want change but feel stuck. It uses guided conversation to strengthen motivation and plan small steps. That can be useful for addictions, career shifts, or sticking with new parenting strategies.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and daily life to choose methods that fit. Decisions are made together and can shift as needs change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for full sessions and visual cues, phone is helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets people check in quickly, and messaging supports brief updates or coaching between meetings. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy days.
Questions people ask about Susan
What concerns does she help with?
Susan helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are client-centered and practical. She listens closely, then pairs that with tools from cognitive behavioral work, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused methods.
What is her professional background?
She has 25 years of experience in the mental health field working with a wide range of concerns across community settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL LMHC, practicing from Florida.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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