About Suzanna
Suzanna Bagley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 12 years of experience. She works with people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, grief, and changes in life. Her style is approachable and straightforward, and she aims to make the first steps easier for those who are unsure what therapy will feel like.
Suzanna keeps sessions practical and focused. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thinking patterns that feed anxiety or low mood.
Background and approach
She also draws on Solution-Focused methods when someone wants brief, goal-oriented work to solve a specific problem. When trauma is part of the story, Suzanna uses trauma-focused approaches to identify triggers and build tools for managing upsetting emotions. She balances direct feedback with warmth, and she will be candid when it helps move progress forward.
Humor and a calm presence are part of her approach when appropriate. Clients can expect a collaborative process that emphasizes clear steps and measurable goals. Suzanna pays attention to communication problems, relationship struggles, parenting stress, career pressure, and issues like ADHD or seasonal mood shifts.
She also supports those dealing with identity concerns, intimacy challenges, and compassion fatigue. She practices from Illinois and offers sessions in English. People seeking a mix of practical techniques and steady support may find her approach fits their needs.
Approaches for online work and practical tools
Suzanna commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety and low mood. CBT usually involves short, clear exercises and homework to practice new skills between sessions.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to help clients set specific goals and find steps that produce quick, practical change. This approach suits people who want focused sessions and concrete progress in a limited time frame.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Suzanna will discuss options and tailor methods to match a person's goals, preferences, and everyday life. She aims to work together to pick strategies that feel useful and realistic.
Online formats she offers include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and messaging can provide ongoing support between sessions and fit into busy schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or other commitments while still using the same therapeutic tools.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Virginia
- Languages
- English
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