About Susan
Susan Van Wazer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 30 years of clinical experience. She tends to connect with people feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety and those facing major life changes. Her style is warm and straightforward, focused on helping people notice the patterns that keep them stuck and build steps toward change.
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
She also draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the person's own goals and pace. In practice this looks like listening first, then offering practical tools to test between old habits and new choices. Susan has worked in a variety of roles, including program development and supervising other clinicians.
That background shapes a practical approach to problem solving and recovery. She can talk through issues like trauma that began in childhood and still affect daily life. Her areas of focus include relationships, family concerns, depression, addictions, grief, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue.
She also addresses codependency, life purpose, midlife questions, and social anxiety. Susan accepts clients who prefer English-language sessions and also works with international clients. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging, which can fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on empathy and listening. The therapist creates space for the person to set goals and move at their own pace, which helps when someone needs understanding first and tools later.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and tries practical experiments. It can help with anxiety, stress, and mood by teaching small, testable changes that reduce unhelpful reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice can shift as progress is made and new needs appear.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video is useful for a full conversation and visual cues. Phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for shorter check-ins, notes between sessions, or when writing helps organize thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work when travel or schedules would otherwise get in the way.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Grief
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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