About Susan
Susan Broderick is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of professional experience. She offers calm, straightforward support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and related mood concerns. Susan aims to make the first step easier for someone who is worried or uncertain about therapy.
Susan uses a warm, encouraging style in sessions. She creates space for people to say what they are feeling and thinking without judgment.
Background and approach
Her work reflects practical tools and quiet, steady listening rather than jargon or pressure. Her background includes long-term practice in community and clinical settings across Illinois. That experience informs how she tailors sessions to the problem at hand, whether someone is coping with panic attacks, bipolar mood swings, ADHD challenges, or the fallout from past trauma.
Sessions often focus on skills and short-term strategies that can reduce distress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to notice patterns of thought and change unhelpful habits. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set small, realistic goals and track progress week to week.
Susan also supports people facing chronic pain, illness, or life transition issues like midlife reappraisal and questions of life purpose. She works with pregnancy and childbirth concerns as well as women's health related emotional issues. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
People can expect a practical plan, empathic listening, and step-by-step work toward clearer coping. Susan encourages people to move at their own speed while building skills for calmer, more manageable days.
Approaches that fit online care
Susan commonly draws on Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy in online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and supporting each person's own goals and pace, which helps when someone is feeling overwhelmed or unsure. CBT looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety and manage mood swings or panic. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, achievable goals and on what works now to create forward momentum.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Susan will talk through options and try approaches that match the client's needs, goals, and preferences. Together they decide what to emphasize and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let a therapist and client work face to face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for short check-ins, skill reminders, or when a written reflection feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity across weeks.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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