- Years in practice
- 11
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Texas, Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Anger management
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Susan
Susan Sullivan is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 11 years of experience. She draws on practical methods and steady support to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and relationship concerns. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping parents and individuals find clearer ways forward.
She uses a client-centered approach that starts by listening and understanding each person's situation. From there she mixes cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused work to identify thinking patterns and small steps that create change.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and narrative strategies are added when they help people reframe difficult experiences and manage strong emotions. Susan often combines individual and group methods depending on what someone prefers. She treats therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s goals shape the plan.
Sessions focus on practical skills such as coping with life changes, building self-esteem, managing anger, and addressing compassion fatigue. Over more than a decade she has helped people balance career pressures with personal life needs and work through intimacy-related issues and trauma recovery. Susan explains ideas plainly and offers homework or short practices when useful.
She aims to make sessions respectful, positive, and useful for everyday life. Clients who choose her can expect a down-to-earth approach that centers their experience. The work typically involves setting clear goals, trying straightforward strategies, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
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.
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
Approaches Susan lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-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.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Client-centered work begins by listening closely to each person’s story and priorities. Online sessions use that same focus to build goals and plans around what matters most, whether it is parenting stress or coping with loss.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. In online sessions this can include identifying unhelpful thinking, practicing new responses, and tracking progress between meetings to reduce anxiety or depressive patterns.
Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice their moment-to-moment experience and respond more calmly to strong emotions. Brief guided practices and short exercises fit well into video or phone sessions and can be used between meetings as simple daily tools.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose strategies that match goals, needs, and comfort with different formats. This choice can change over time as progress is seen.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can feel easier on busy days, and live chat or text-based messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between longer appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting schedules, or travel.
Questions people ask about Susan
What issues does Susan commonly address?
Susan works with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, relationship concerns, stress, compassion fatigue, and parenting-related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a client-centered style that emphasizes listening and collaboration while drawing on evidence-based tools to set goals and try practical steps.
How long has she practiced?
She has 11 years of clinical experience providing individual and group work in therapeutic settings.
Where is Susan licensed and based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist with credentials listed as MI LMFT and TX LMFT, and she practices from Texas.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the client’s preference.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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