About Susan
Susan Csank is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with 23 years of clinical experience. She offers a steady, practical approach for people coping with anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, grief, and ADHD. Susan uses clear language and straightforward tools in sessions to help people make small, usable changes.
Susan blends client-centered listening with evidence-informed techniques. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to manage intense emotions.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing supports people who are ready to make changes but feel stuck. In session she focuses on building coping skills, improving communication, and addressing family-of-origin patterns that affect daily life. She also helps with caregiver stress, codependency, and issues tied to substance use.
Susan makes practical plans that fit into a person’s routine. Susan has worked in mental health and addiction settings for more than two decades. That background includes individual and group work, and experience supporting people connected to someone with addiction or mental illness.
Her Ohio license is listed as LISW. People who reach out can expect calm, direct support and step-by-step skill building. Susan tries to make the first steps less intimidating and focuses on what will help day to day.
She welcomes clients who want help sorting priorities and finding workable strategies.
Approaches and online options that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person's lead. The therapist creates space to name goals and priorities, then supports progress at the client’s pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches simple strategies to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and stronger interpersonal communication.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, try different techniques, and adapt methods to suit what works best. Sessions often mix listening with hands-on skills practice, and the plan can change as needs evolve.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit care into a busy life. Video calls let people use face-to-face work without travel. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick updates, brief exercises, or sharing progress between sessions. These options provide flexibility so therapy can match your schedule and daily demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- Estonian
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