About Susan
Susan Rick is a licensed clinical professional counselor with eight years of experience helping people navigate stress and anxiety. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable. Her manner is calm and direct, aimed at easing worry and building steadier routines.
Susan works with people facing depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, mood disorders, and panic. She also addresses self-esteem, anger, bipolar concerns, and the challenges that come with big life changes.
Background and approach
Her approach is oriented toward skills that clients can use between sessions. In sessions she emphasizes self-compassion and clearer communication. Conversations often include learning new coping strategies, trying simple mindfulness practices, and noticing unhelpful thought patterns.
She keeps language straightforward so parents and busy people can follow along easily. Susan uses several therapeutic approaches to match what each person needs, including cognitive and behavioral tools plus acceptance and mindfulness methods. She helps people set goals, practice new habits, and track small gains over time.
Progress is framed as steady steps rather than quick fixes. She practices in Illinois and holds the LCPC credential, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. Sessions are offered in English and use formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled based on availability.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while clarifying personal values to guide meaningful action. It can help people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety or stuck after life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that feed panic, depression, or low self-esteem.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then try methods that fit each person's needs. Decisions about which strategies to use are collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into a busy life. Video works well for teaching skills and practicing communication, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text are useful for brief check-ins or step-by-step coaching. These options give flexibility so appointments can happen around work, school, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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