About Susanna
Susanna Armstrong, MD, LCPC offers practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. She explains things clearly and helps clients set concrete goals. Her approach is down-to-earth and focused on small, manageable steps.
With 14 years of experience, she blends several methods to match each person's needs. Sessions often focus on building coping skills for mood swings, sleep problems, anger, and substance or process addictions. She also addresses trauma, post-traumatic stress, and issues that commonly affect young adults.
Background and approach
Her style is collaborative and client-centered. That means she listens first, then helps people choose approaches that fit their goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness practices often appear in sessions to help manage thoughts, behavior, and stress in everyday life.
Motivational interviewing is used when people want to change addictive patterns or make health-related shifts. Psychodynamic ideas may be included to look at longer-standing patterns that affect relationships and self-esteem. Nutrition, movement, and body awareness are sometimes part of the plan when they seem helpful.
Susanna practices in Maryland and works in English. She welcomes people who want straightforward support for mood disorders, bipolar concerns, co-occurring conditions, self-harm thoughts, seasonal mood changes, and relationship stress. The focus is on helping each person find clearer ways to cope and move forward.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and helping clients set their own goals. The therapist reflects back what she hears and supports each person in finding their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It breaks problems into smaller steps and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about problems, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skills practice and emotional work. Phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter connection is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or people who prefer written communication. These options give flexibility for scheduling, shorter check-ins, and ongoing support between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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