Susan Phillips

Susan Phillips is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida. She brings 25 years of experience in mental health work and supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and anger. She also helps with addictions, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and career or life-change struggles.

Susan describes a therapy style that centers on the person in the room. She listens closely and makes space for people to feel heard. Sessions focus on the issues you bring and on practical steps you can use between meetings.

She blends straightforward methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing when those tools fit a person’s goals. Solution-focused ideas and trauma-informed approaches are offered as needed to help with specific problems. The emphasis is on what works for you rather than on any single method.

Susan treats grief, compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, chronic illness and end-of-life concerns alongside a broad range of emotional and behavioral issues. She also addresses topics like abandonment, adoption and foster care, codependency, domestic violence, and family of origin problems. Her approach aims to reduce overwhelming feelings and increase coping skills.

Clients can expect a collaborative process where goals are clarified early and revisited as progress happens. Sessions aim to be practical, paced to your needs, and focused on finding manageable changes that fit your life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person without judgment. It helps people feel heard and clarify what they want to change, which is useful for stress, grief, and anger. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and offers concrete tools to change them. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, addictions, and coping skills. Motivational Interviewing supports someone’s own motivation for change through a respectful, goal-focused conversation and often helps with addictions and behavior change.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. That collaborative decision happens early and can be adjusted as progress is made.

Confirm the therapist's available session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make scheduling easier and help people fit sessions into a busy life, like taking a break during a workday or avoiding travel time. It also allows short check-ins when those are helpful. If technology or location matters to you, ask about specific options when you schedule so sessions match your needs.