About Susan
Susan Beard is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Mississippi with 15 years of experience. She works with people who are coping with anxiety, stress, addiction, trauma, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Her approach is direct and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people manage symptoms and make clearer decisions.
Susan draws on practical methods that help people notice patterns and try new ways of handling hard moments. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and change behavior.
Background and approach
She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships affect current struggles. Sessions are collaborative. Susan listens first, then partners with the client to set realistic goals and steps.
Expect conversations about what’s working, what isn’t, and small experiments to try between sessions. She also brings skills from dialectical behavior methods for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. For some trauma-related concerns she uses eye movement approaches aimed at reducing the intensity of painful memories.
Susan adapts methods to the needs and pace of each person. People reach out for help with grief, parenting strain, career stress, ADHD, mood disorders, or patterns of self-harm and addiction. She helps people untangle painful feelings and find ways to move forward.
The first step is a short intake to understand goals and plan the path ahead.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Susan commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based ideas in her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors so they can feel less overwhelmed. Attachment-based approaches look at how earlier relationship patterns shape how someone connects now, which can be useful for anxiety, intimacy issues, and relationship stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. She will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs and goals. That plan can shift as progress is made, with the client helping guide the pace and focus.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you have a face-to-face conversation from wherever you are. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat or text messaging can be good for quick check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when shorter contact between sessions helps maintain progress.
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What this therapist works with
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- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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