About Susan
Susan Sullivan is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 11 years of experience. She focuses on meeting people where they are and helping them take small, practical steps forward.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, aimed at easing stress and restoring balance in daily life. Susan blends a client-centered stance with structured tools.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thinking. She draws on mindfulness practices to calm the body and reduce reactivity during stressful moments.
Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief and loss, addiction, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, career transitions, anger, and self-esteem challenges.
Conversations are shaped around the issues each person brings. Susan treats therapy like teamwork.
She listens first, then builds a plan together that fits a person's goals and life. That plan often includes concrete skills to try between sessions and short-term strategies to manage immediate problems.
Her style is direct but warm. She aims to make sessions feel respectful and real.
People who want clear strategies plus a supportive listener may find this approach useful.
Practical approaches applied to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and meeting people where they are. The therapist creates space for clients to tell their story and helps them set goals at a comfortable pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. Mindfulness therapy develops present-moment awareness and breathing or grounding skills to reduce stress and reactivity.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss what feels most useful, try small interventions, and adjust methods based on the client's goals and preferences. Sessions are paced to suit each person, and the plan can change as progress is made.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions or share thoughts in writing when that feels easier. These formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Michigan
- Languages
- English