About Susan
Susan Strain is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in South Carolina. She brings ten years of clinical experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, anger, and depression. Her manner is respectful and compassionate, and she focuses on clear, practical support for people trying to move forward.
She adapts sessions to each person’s needs rather than following a rigid script. That work can include talking through communication problems, navigating blended family concerns, or addressing fatherhood issues.
Background and approach
Susan aims to make next steps feel manageable and realistic. Sessions are guided by everyday language and achievable goals. She listens for patterns that cause repeated conflict or distress and helps clients try new ways of responding.
When grief or loss is present, sessions honor the emotional experience while focusing on coping strategies. Susan has worked with people dealing with family of origin issues and broader family problems. She emphasizes practical skills for handling anger and improving communication.
The goal is to reduce overwhelming feelings and increase tools people can use between sessions. Her approach values collaboration. Clients and Susan build a plan together that fits the client’s life and priorities.
She encourages steady progress and recognizes that change often happens in small steps.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Susan uses evidence-based techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach helps people learn new communication skills and ways to manage conflict; this is useful for relationship strain and family problems. Another approach focuses on coping strategies for anxiety and stress, teaching short exercises and thought patterns that reduce overwhelm in day-to-day life.Finding the right method is part of the work. Susan will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then choose or combine approaches that fit. The process is collaborative, and adjustments are made as progress and needs become clearer.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a busy day or require less bandwidth, live chat or text can be used for shorter check-ins and ongoing support. These options let people match the format to their schedule and comfort while keeping regular momentum in therapy.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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