About Susan
Susan Hallett is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works with individuals facing grief, depression, and low self-esteem. Susan focuses on practical steps that can make daily life feel more manageable.
She listens for each person's strengths and builds on what already works. Sessions aim to identify small, realistic changes that reduce overwhelm. Susan encourages clients to try strategies and notice what helps between meetings.
Background and approach
Susan helps people cope with life changes and loss by creating space to talk and sort priorities. She offers straightforward tools for motivation, confidence, and clearer communication. Conversations may include steps for setting boundaries, practicing self-love, and mending or seeking forgiveness when that matters.
The approach is collaborative and paced to each person. Susan treats the client as the expert on their own story and supports goals the client chooses. She frames therapy as a partnership that focuses on short-term relief and longer-term growth.
Clients in California can expect a warm, practical clinician who values courage and small progress. Her style favors clarity, doable homework, and checking in on what changed. Over time the goal is greater resilience and a clearer sense of purpose.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Susan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage anxiety and stress. One common approach focuses on teaching practical coping skills for managing worry and intense feelings, such as breath work, behavioral experiments, and activity scheduling to reduce avoidance. This approach helps when anxiety makes daily tasks harder or when someone feels stuck in fear.Another approach emphasizes working through grief and life changes by naming losses, pacing emotional work, and finding forward-focused goals. These steps can help people rebuild motivation, clarify life purpose, and develop self-compassion after a loss or big transition.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve. That process may include trying different strategies and adjusting them over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress steady.
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- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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