About Susanne
Susanne "Susy" Hoben is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 13 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low in confidence, or stuck after life changes. Susy also supports people facing relationship friction, depression, and difficulties with self-esteem.
She keeps sessions straightforward and calm. Susy aims to make it easy to talk about hard feelings without judgment. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what practical steps feel doable for each person.
Background and approach
Susy draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person's needs. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns and how those patterns affect relationships and self-worth. She also brings experience with challenges such as autism and Asperger syndrome, avoidant or dependent personality traits, and codependency.
Other areas she addresses include body image, caregiver stress, blended family concerns, communication and control issues, commitment worries, and some mood regulation problems including disruptive mood dysregulation. She is comfortable talking about sexuality and alternative sex culture topics such as BDSM and kink when those subjects are relevant.
Sessions aim to help people name what matters, try new ways of responding, and test small changes between meetings. Susy approaches work as a partner in problem solving, offering clear steps and checking in on what is actually helping.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy
Susy uses practical, evidence-based techniques that focus on what people do and feel day to day. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking and trying alternative responses - this helps with anxiety, low mood, and negative self-talk. Another approach looks at attachment and relationship patterns, helping people notice repeating cycles and try different ways of communicating to reduce conflict and build trust.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Susy works with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. Together they review what helps, adjust techniques, and set realistic steps to practice between sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins or ongoing support during busy weeks. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family schedules, and life changes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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