About Suzanne
Suzanne Baer is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in Illinois with 22 years of experience. She helps people facing stress and anxiety, as well as depression, grief, trauma, and addiction. Her approach is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at practical change rather than labels.
She has worked in inpatient drug and alcohol treatment, sexual abuse counseling, and community mental health. That background shapes how she sees complex problems that often overlap, such as chronic pain, co-morbidity, caregiving strain, and codependency.
Background and approach
She explains things clearly and keeps conversations focused on steps people can try between sessions. Suzanne prefers a collaborative, interactive style. Sessions tend to be a mix of talking, skill building, and short exercises.
She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking, dialectical behavior techniques to manage strong emotions, and client-centered work to tailor each plan to the person in front of her. Her work also includes motivational interviewing to support readiness for change, and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity. Suzanne emphasizes small, practical strategies that fit into a busy life.
She helps people set realistic goals and track progress. People come to her for help with relationship stress, communication problems, abandonment wounds, and difficulties like avoidant or dependent personality patterns. Suzanne aims to make the process understandable and manageable.
She meets people where they are and focuses on steady forward steps.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and tailoring conversations to each person's needs. It helps people feel heard and shapes therapy around their goals rather than a preset plan.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. It is often used for anxiety, depression and stress-related problems.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete tools for managing intense emotions and improving regulation and relationships. It can be useful when strong reactions or impulsive behaviors get in the way of daily life.
Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. Suzanne will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match needs, goals and personal preferences. That may mean trying a short CBT exercise one week and a mindfulness or DBT skill the next.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and when visual cues help the conversation. Phone can be a simpler option if bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework review, or quick coping strategies between sessions. These formats make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and varied routines.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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