Susan Jacobsen

Susan Jacobsen is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 28 years of experience. She focuses on trauma, grief, and related concerns and uses art and mindfulness to help people process difficult emotions. Her work also addresses anxiety, stress, relationship strain, parenting questions, anger, and self-esteem in everyday language.

She brings both personal and professional perspective to fertility-related loss, including miscarriage and infant loss. Those experiences shape how she listens and responds when someone is grieving or facing setbacks in parenthood or pregnancy.

Her style blends client-centered care with mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas. She often invites creative expression using art materials to help feelings come into view more quickly. That visual work is paired with calm, present-moment practices to reduce overwhelm and make emotional work more manageable.

Susan also draws on Jungian themes and trauma-focused approaches when deeper exploration is needed. She aims to help people name what they are feeling, understand patterns that keep causing pain, and take small steps forward.

Outside of her counseling work she enjoys being outdoors in Colorado with family. She spends time hiking, boating, camping, paddleboarding, practicing yoga, and playing volleyball. These activities influence her practical, grounded approach to healing and coping.

How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Susan uses client-centered methods that focus on the person’s experience in the moment, helping people talk through what matters most and set goals that feel manageable. Mindfulness therapy is part of her work and provides simple breathing and awareness practices to reduce overwhelm and build steadiness during and between sessions.

She also uses trauma-focused and Jungian ideas when appropriate. Trauma-focused therapy targets the direct effects of traumatic events and helps people build safer ways to cope. Jungian-influenced exploration looks at themes, symbols, and life patterns to find meaning and new direction after loss or upheaval.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client decide together which methods fit the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean starting with grounding mindfulness and creative art tasks, then shifting to deeper exploration over time.

Please confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and letting people attend from quieter surroundings. These practical benefits often help people maintain momentum between appointments.