About Susan
Susan Frate is a licensed independent social worker who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She has 25 years of practice and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her approach centers on each person's strengths and goals.
She speaks English and works with adults in Ohio. In sessions she keeps things straightforward and collaborative. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what can be changed.
Background and approach
She draws on techniques that help manage difficult feelings, rebuild routines, and interrupt unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Susan uses a mix of evidence-informed methods to match each person’s needs. That can mean learning new skills for emotion regulation, practicing mindful attention, or clarifying values and next steps.
She explains tools in plain language and helps people try them between sessions. Many people ask about ADHD, stress, trauma, or problems with sleep and eating. She addresses these concerns alongside related issues like substance use, relationship conflict, and work stress.
Sessions also cover parenting strain, grief, and questions of identity for LGBT clients. Susan’s goal is steady, usable progress rather than quick fixes. She encourages small experiments, clear goals, and regular check-ins to see what helps.
The work is paced to fit each person's life and responsibilities.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people identify what matters most and take actions that match those values. In online sessions this often means setting small, doable goals and practicing chosen behaviors between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions; online CBT typically includes short exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and behavioral experiments to change routines.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will pick strategies and adjust them over time so the work fits the person’s life and priorities.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues; phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a hands-free check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit short check-ins, skill practice, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other daily demands.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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