About Susan
Dr. Susan (Sue) Futeral is a medical doctor and licensed clinical social worker who has practiced in Maryland for 33 years. She meets people where they are and helps them take the next step when life feels overwhelming.
Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and ADHD among other concerns. She creates a calm space so people can talk about what matters to them. Sessions are conversational and direct, with attention to immediate problems and everyday challenges.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns in how thoughts, feelings, and relationships affect daily life. Her approach pulls from several practical methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and habits.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple ways to notice and manage stress in the moment. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationships and intimacy. Dr.
Futeral also uses solution-focused techniques to set clear, doable goals and hypnotherapy when it fits a person’s needs. These tools are chosen to match what a person wants to accomplish rather than as an end in themselves. She encourages small, measurable steps that build confidence over time.
People who come for help often want relief from persistent worry, better sleep, stronger relationships, or support with life changes. The tone in sessions is respectful and practical. She aims to help people regain a sense of control and move toward goals that matter to them.
Therapeutic approaches and what online sessions offer
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape how someone connects and trusts others. This approach helps with intimacy-related worries, relationship conflict, and reactions tied to past injuries. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing ADHD-related habits. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit those needs. Together they decide what to try, check what helps, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth is available, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets someone send updates or questions between sessions. These options make it simpler to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or busy days and let the therapist and client focus on practical steps during appointments.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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