- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Texas, Vermont
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Susan
Susan Rhodes is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 20 years in the mental health field. She holds the LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices from Texas. Her approach is practical and direct while staying compassionate and flexible to each person's pace.
Susan draws on a wide range of professional settings and life experience when she talks with clients. She works with people facing grief, depression, anxiety, stress, addiction, and parenting challenges.
Background and approach
She also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, sleep and eating problems, and major life transitions. In sessions she focuses on steps clients can take right away. That might include personal inventories, concrete actions to support recovery, and connections to community resources.
She aims to tailor a plan that fits how each person prefers to work and to move at a manageable pace. Susan often uses conversational, client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral ideas and motivational techniques. She also draws on narrative and psychodynamic ideas when those fit a person's story.
Her style is creative, open-minded, and passionate about helping people change. Teletherapy plays a strong role in her practice, offering flexible scheduling and a range of session formats. Outside work she trains for long-distance running, enjoys cooking and day trips, and spends time with friends, family and pets.
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
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Susan lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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 how online therapy fits
Client-centered work puts the person at the center of the conversation. It emphasizes listening, building on strengths, and shaping goals around what matters most to the client. This approach can help with parenting stress, grief, and relationship concerns by keeping sessions focused on the client's priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple, practical exercises to change patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, sleep or eating issues, and some addictive behaviors. Motivational Interviewing complements CBT by helping people clarify their reasons for change and find their own motivation to follow through.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which ideas and techniques fit best. That may mean trying different strategies and adjusting plans based on progress, goals, and personal preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging is convenient for quick support between sessions. These options add flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Susan
What concerns does she address?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, and many related concerns such as ADHD, bipolar, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and compassionate. She focuses on practical steps, personal inventories, and actions to support recovery while tailoring the pace to each person.
What is her professional background?
She has over 20 years of experience in the mental health field and has worked in diverse settings across many populations.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds the LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices from Texas with licenses noted as VT LICSW and TX LCSW.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or through text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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