About Susan
Susan Russell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and manage anxiety. She approaches sessions with respect and sensitivity. Her style is straightforward and supportive for people looking to make daily life feel more manageable.
Susan has 11 years of experience working with common struggles such as depression, anger, addiction, and self-esteem. She also helps people dealing with trauma, grief, intimacy-related concerns, sleep problems, and the challenges of ADHD or bipolar mood patterns.
Background and approach
She meets people where they are and adapts her approach to each person’s needs. In sessions she uses methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and take values-driven action. She also draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centered listening to create space for honest conversation.
Dialectical behavior therapy tools are used when people need concrete skills for emotion regulation and stress tolerance. Susan describes therapy as a partnership. She works collaboratively to build a plan that fits a person’s life and goals.
That might mean short skill-focused work or a longer process to address deeper patterns. She practices in Michigan and provides services in English. The first step is a brief matching questionnaire and then scheduling based on the chosen plan and availability.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Susan commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in her online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors so everyday life feels easier to manage. ACT helps people clarify their values and take meaningful action even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present.She often pairs those methods with client-centered listening and attachment-based ideas to make sessions feel steady and understandable. The therapist will work with each person to choose the approaches that match their goals and preferences. Figuring out the right fit is a collaborative process that can change as needs evolve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer conversations and skill coaching, phone sessions work well when video bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text messaging is handy for brief reflections or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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