- Practical steps
- Family and parenting
- Self-love focus
About Susan
Susan Hart is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people notice what keeps them stuck and take small steps toward change. Her work often centers on family and parenting concerns alongside personal challenges like stress, anxiety, and self-esteem.
Susan begins by listening to each person’s story and identifying patterns that get in the way. She points out habits and thinking errors that can cloud judgment. The goal is to clarify what the client truly wants and to name realistic first steps.
Sessions are practical and straightforward. Susan uses clear, everyday language and helps clients set short-term goals that build toward larger change. She pays attention to how relationships and past hurts show up in daily life and decision making.
She also addresses addictions, grief, trauma, and issues around intimacy and sexual identity. Susan encourages self-love as an ongoing practice and supports people working through big life transitions and mood concerns like depression and bipolar challenges.
Susan blends approaches to fit the person in front of her rather than following a rigid plan. She invites people who want to make purposeful change to reflect, try new behaviors, and track how those efforts affect their relationships and wellbeing.
How CBT and Existential Therapy Work Online
Susan commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and manage stress.She also draws on Existential Therapy, which focuses on meaning, values, and choices. This approach helps people facing life transitions, grief, or questions about purpose to clarify what matters and make decisions that fit their values.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan collaborates with each person to try methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan over time, layering practical CBT skills with deeper existential conversations when useful.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats when you book. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and reduce travel time. It also allows for shorter check-ins when days are tight and can make it simpler to keep therapy going through life changes.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns can I bring to sessions?
You can bring stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem concerns, depression, addictions, grief, eating concerns, parenting questions, anger, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, and LGBT-related topics.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Susan uses a straightforward, practical style that highlights patterns and thinking errors. The work focuses on setting small goals and trying new behaviors between sessions.
What is her clinical background?
She has 13 years of experience working with people on life changes, relationships, and emotional struggles.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
Susan is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Missouri.
Can I meet with her in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.