About Susan
Susan Edson is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 18 years of experience. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety and those coping with depression or low self esteem. She also supports people facing relationship worries, life changes, and questions about purpose and self-love.
Susan listens for each person's strengths and uses them as a starting point. She believes people know their own story and that therapy can uncover practical steps forward.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear, doable strategies and honest conversation rather than jargon. Her style is straightforward and encouraging. She helps people build confidence, regain motivation, and handle everyday pressures.
Work may include looking at how thoughts and habits affect mood and practicing new ways to respond in stressful moments. Susan emphasizes goals that matter to the person in front of her. She offers support while people try new behaviors and reflect on what’s working.
Therapy can include short exercises, skill practice between sessions, and steady check-ins on progress. People come for a range of concerns from anxiety to life transitions. Susan aims to make the process feel manageable.
Her approach is to meet each person where they are and help them move toward clearer choices and more manageable days.
How Susan brings evidence-based techniques to online therapy
Therapy can use several evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and building new habits. One common approach looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxious reactions and lift mood. This method helps people notice thoughts that fuel worry and practice alternative responses that feel more manageable.Another useful approach focuses on small behavior changes and skill practice. It breaks larger goals into simple steps, builds routines, and uses repeated practice to increase confidence. This helps when motivation is low or when life transitions make it hard to know where to start.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions include regular check-ins to see what helps and what to adjust so the plan stays relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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