About Susan
Susan Arvidson is a licensed professional clinical counselor in Minnesota who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She also supports those coping with grief, trauma, anger, low self-esteem, and ADHD. Susan writes plainly and listens carefully to understand each person's experience.
Susan uses straightforward conversations to help clients identify what matters most to them. She helps people notice patterns that get in the way and tries out small, practical steps to shift them.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real-world changes, such as improving communication or easing daily overwhelm. Her work often centers on emotional skills and values-based choices. She draws on approaches that help people accept hard feelings while taking action toward meaningful goals.
This can include building better routines, managing mood swings, or reducing anxious thinking. Susan has six years of clinical experience as an LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - in Minnesota. She brings that experience into calm, steady sessions where progress is measured in clear, usable steps.
Many clients leave with new tools for handling stress and stronger ways to connect with others. People who choose Susan can expect a practical, compassionate approach. The focus is on what is useful now and what supports longer term coping.
She works with each person to create a plan that fits their life and values.
How Susan’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to change mood and functioning; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and managing daily routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Susan will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try methods collaboratively and adjust as needed. That means experimenting with small strategies, checking what works, and shifting course when something doesn’t fit.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation for deeper interaction. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, practicing new skills between sessions, or writing out thoughts when speaking feels hard. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and try different ways of connecting with a therapist.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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