About Susan
Susan Armstrong is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Montana with eleven years of experience. She helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, anger, depression, and struggles with focus or attention. Her approach is straightforward and practical, aimed at making small changes that matter day to day.
Susan starts by listening to each person's story and looking for strengths to build on. She treats the person as the expert on their life and partners with them to set clear, realistic goals.
Background and approach
That partnership is meant to feel empowering rather than directive. Sessions include skill practice for managing strong emotions, strategies to improve concentration, and ways to break cycles of negative thinking. She also helps people untangle relationship patterns like attachment and communication problems that get in the way of feeling steady.
Work on anger, impulsivity, obsessive thoughts, or workplace stress focuses on practical steps to reduce distress. Susan is comfortable addressing mood disorders, trauma reactions, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and issues labeled in youth mental health like disruptive mood dysregulation disorder when they affect daily functioning. She also supports people working through forgiveness and control struggles that limit their choices.
Her style is warm and direct. She encourages brave, manageable steps and checks in on progress. People who want clear tools and steady support often find this approach helpful.
Evidence-based approaches for online anxiety and focus work
Susan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and behavior change. One common approach emphasizes teaching emotion regulation and coping skills to reduce anxiety and angry reactions; it helps people notice triggers and practice alternative responses. Another approach targets attention, motivation, and organization with concrete strategies for improving concentration and breaking tasks into manageable steps; this is useful for people with ADHD-related struggles and workplace productivity issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Susan explores each person's goals, daily demands, and preferences and then suggests methods to try. She checks progress together and adjusts strategies so the plan fits the person's life and priorities.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face talking and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send brief updates, practice skills between sessions, and fit care into busy days. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English
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