About Suzanne
Suzanne Alley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 21 years of experience. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and trauma. Suzanne aims to offer an accepting, respectful place to talk through difficult feelings and life changes.
She uses a client-centered way of working that puts the person's goals first. That means sessions focus on what matters most to the individual and move at their pace.
Background and approach
Suzanne also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different patterns of behavior. Motivational interviewing is part of her approach when someone wants to make a change but feels stuck. It helps people find their own reasons for change and take small steps.
Solution-focused tools are used to set achievable goals and track progress between sessions. Suzanne has spent many years supporting people dealing with relationship strain, grief, parenting pressure, and career stress. She also works with issues such as ADHD, bipolar mood disorders, and complications that come with co-occurring conditions.
Her background includes helping people facing caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, and end-of-life matters. In sessions she aims to help clients build self-compassion, strengthen coping skills, and regain a sense of purpose. People can expect straightforward conversation, practical strategies, and an emphasis on what they want to change next.
How Suzanne’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy places the client's goals at the center of each session. Suzanne listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people clarify what they want to change. This approach is useful for a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, identity questions, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Suzanne uses simple CBT exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and try new behaviors that reduce anxiety and boost mood. Motivational Interviewing complements these tools when someone feels unsure about making a change; it focuses on finding personal reasons to move forward and setting small, realistic steps.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Suzanne works together with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals and comfort level. That plan can change over time as progress is made or new issues arise.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow for full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick reflections, between-session support, or when writing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options make it easier to schedule consistent care around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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