About Suzanne
Suzanne Klekner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with 15 years of practice. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress or anxiety. She also supports people facing relationship strains, family conflict, and worries about self-esteem or career direction.
Suzanne centers her work on the strengths each person already has. She treats clients as experts in their own lives and helps them build on what is working.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to break big problems into small, manageable steps and to find practical ways to feel more confident and motivated. Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She listens closely, asks clear questions, and helps people set goals that fit their daily lives.
Conversations often include skills for managing anxious moments, improving communication, and handling conflict in relationships and families. Suzanne applies methods that have evidence behind them and adapts her style to each person's needs. She encourages small experiments between sessions so people can try new responses and notice what changes.
Her style is patient and goal-focused, with an emphasis on real-world progress. Many clients seek help for social anxiety, feelings of isolation, or trouble asserting self-worth. Suzanne also works with people navigating career stress or wanting to strengthen relationships.
She invites those ready to try therapy to take the first step and begin a matching process to schedule sessions.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Suzanne uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills people can use right away. One common approach teaches practical strategies for managing anxious thoughts and physical tension so moments of worry become easier to handle. Another approach centers on improving communication and problem solving to reduce relationship and family conflict and build clearer expectations.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Suzanne discusses goals, preferences, and daily routines with each person and adjusts methods as progress is made. This collaborative process helps find what fits best for managing stress, boosting self-esteem, or addressing social anxiety.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a less bandwidth-heavy option for check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick skill reminders, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied lifestyles.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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