About Susan
Susan Russell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, and ADHD. Susan listens with respect and aims to create straightforward plans that fit each person's daily life.
She uses several proven approaches to help people manage difficult emotions and behaviors. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with clearer thinking.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for managing intense feelings and improving emotional regulation. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports people in noticing painful thoughts without getting stuck in them while moving toward what matters most. Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches shape sessions so people feel heard and understood as they work through relationship and intimacy concerns.
Susan also addresses grief, trauma, sleeping problems, parenting strain, bipolar mood shifts, and coping with life changes. She works with people who face chronic health challenges, caregiving stress, communication problems, and substance issues. Her style is calm, direct, and practical.
When someone starts with Susan, they can expect focused conversation, tools to try between sessions, and collaboration on realistic goals. She encourages small steps and tracks progress so change feels doable.
Therapeutic approaches you can access online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting caught by them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments to reduce symptoms like worry and sleep disruption. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships, which is helpful for anger, mood swings, and impulsive behavior.Deciding which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will talk through options, try techniques in session, and adjust plans based on what helps most. This is a collaborative process that balances short-term relief with longer-term goals.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and messaging let someone check in between sessions or use therapy when a full call isn’t practical. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between visits.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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