About Susan
Susan Wolanyk is an Ohio-based licensed professional counselor with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person. Susan draws on strengths you already have and helps you take small practical steps forward.
She uses a client-centered approach that focuses on the person rather than a label. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing helps when making difficult changes feels overwhelming, and trauma-focused methods guide work with painful past events. Susan’s background includes extensive community work with diverse populations and people facing immigration-related challenges. Her earlier career in corporate settings and raising five children informs a pragmatic, down-to-earth style.
She aims to meet people where they are and to foster hope when change feels unlikely. Sessions focus on clear goals such as reducing anxiety, coping with loss, managing anger, or navigating caregiver stress. Susan helps people identify steps they can try between meetings and tracks progress together.
People who choose Susan can expect a respectful, steady partnership that emphasizes practical tools and personal strengths. Her approach balances listening with actionable plans tailored to each person’s situation.
How Susan’s approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building trust so the person sets the direction of work; it helps when someone needs acceptance and steady support. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety and depression. Motivational Interviewing helps when change feels hard by exploring what matters to the person and boosting their own reasons for trying something different.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Susan will discuss goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps most. The plan is shaped by the client’s needs, preferences, and pace rather than a one-size-fits-all protocol.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill practice and deeper interaction. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, skill prompts, or continuing work between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the same therapeutic approaches described above.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, New York
- Languages
- English
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