About Susan
Susan Williams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience helping people who feel stuck by anxiety, stress, depression, relationship troubles, or the daily effects of ADHD. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life easier. Parents reading on a phone will find straightforward language and clear next steps in her approach.
She uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Attachment-Based work looks at patterns that started in close relationships and how they show up now. Mindfulness strategies teach simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus.
Susan brings a long career in social work in Wisconsin to sessions. She holds a Master of Social Work from Loyola University Chicago and has focused much of her practice on mood disorders, trauma, addiction, and relationship concerns. Her LCSW credential appears as LCSW in profile listings.
In a typical session she helps people set realistic goals, practice new skills between meetings, and track small wins over time. She frames therapy as collaborative problem-solving rather than a one-size-fits-all program. Clients leave with clear steps they can try during the week.
Sessions can include conversations about parenting stress, career transitions, body image, codependency, or coping with grief. Susan also addresses issues tied to family of origin, blended families, and commitment or communication problems. She works with English-speaking adults and accepts international clients for online work.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and connections, and it helps people shift those patterns to feel more supported in close relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and practicing concrete strategies to change them, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and attention-related struggles. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and grounding skills that reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments.Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust plans based on what helps most. That collaborative approach means sessions evolve as needs and preferences become clearer.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be easier when camera use isn’t convenient and take less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging supports brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or scheduling quick follow-ups between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and make it easier to keep working toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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