About Suzanne
Dr. Suzanne Degges-White greets people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to turn. She helps adults facing anxiety, stress, relationship strain, changes in life roles, or struggles with self-esteem.
Her tone is practical and encouraging, aimed at people who want clearer thinking and steadier days. She brings 24 years of clinical experience and holds credentials as an LCMHC and LCPC. Dr.
Degges-White centers work on the person’s goals and strengths, treating the client as the expert in their own life.
Background and approach
She offers straightforward tools and gentle challenge so people can make changes that matter. Her sessions often mix talk and active work. Clients may use brief writing exercises, journaling, or reading between sessions to build new habits.
She adapts methods to each situation, choosing approaches that fit the problem and the person. Therapy focuses on practical steps and clearer choices. For anxiety and stress she helps people notice thought patterns and try small behavioral experiments.
For relationship or life-transition concerns she emphasizes values, meaning, and rebuilding confidence. Dr. Degges-White works with people who want steady support through change.
Conversations are plainspoken and goal-directed, with tasks people can use outside the session. The aim is to build skills and stronger problem-solving so life feels more manageable.
How treatment approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions by focusing on meaningful action instead of trying to eliminate uncomfortable thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to test unhelpful thoughts and change habits. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the therapist follows the person’s lead and supports their own problem-solving and growth.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, then suggest methods to try together. This is a collaborative process, and plans can be adjusted over time based on what helps you make progress.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging gives flexibility. Video lets you use face-to-face conversation for deeper work, phone can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging work well for quick check-ins and ongoing support. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and practice new skills between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, North Carolina, Indiana
- Languages
- English
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