About Susan
Susan Reimers is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Washington with eight years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, work through depression, and build self-esteem and confidence. She also supports people navigating LGBTQ matters and gender transition concerns.
Susan uses straightforward, evidence-based methods in sessions and listens closely to each person's story. She emphasizes people’s strengths and helps them use those strengths to move past obstacles.
Background and approach
Sessions usually involve talking through current problems, setting small goals, and trying practical exercises between meetings. Susan has worked with people facing religious trauma and with those needing help around motivation and life purpose. She also addresses workplace difficulties, social anxiety, and issues like guilt, shame, and forgiveness.
Her approach balances active listening with tools people can use right away. Her style is collaborative and focused on what the person bringing concerns wants to achieve. She respects each person’s knowledge about their own life and helps them find clearer direction.
Small, steady changes are a common aim in her work. People who want a clear plan and concrete steps to reduce anxiety or to regain confidence may find her approach helpful. Sessions are offered in English and are available through a range of online formats.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Susan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. Cognitive behavioral techniques help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. Acceptance and commitment ideas help people clarify values and take steps toward what matters, even when uncomfortable feelings appear. Dialectical behavior elements teach concrete skills for emotion regulation and communication, which can help with intense feelings or relationship stress.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their situation, and adjust strategies over time. The aim is to find what helps the individual make progress rather than to stick rigidly to one method.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat gives a quicker check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain continuity when schedules change.
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- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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