About Susan
Dr. Susan Eaton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on helping people manage ADHD alongside a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns. She brings 28 years of counseling experience and a calm, practical approach to sessions.
Many people who reach out are coping with anxiety, depression, grief, stress, or complications from trauma and addiction. Dr. Eaton listens first, then helps clients set clear, doable goals.
Background and approach
Her work centers on what matters right now. She blends client-centered listening with evidence-informed tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She also uses skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when they fit a person's needs.
Sessions often involve learning concrete skills for mood regulation, thinking patterns, and relationship communication. Dr. Eaton draws on long experience with co-occurring concerns, such as when trauma and substance use happen together.
She pays attention to how medical or brain-related issues can affect mood, focus, and behavior. That helps her tailor strategies that suit each person’s daily life. People can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental setting where the therapist focuses on strengths and practical next steps.
Mindfulness, motivational techniques, and problem-solving are commonly used during work together. Cultural and spiritual needs are treated as part of the person’s story. Her style is warm and interactive, aimed at helping clients build routines and coping habits they can use outside sessions.
The goal is better day-to-day functioning, clearer priorities, and more satisfying relationships.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and clarify personal values to guide action; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and difficulties with focus. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which is helpful for mood, sleep, and attention challenges. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships, often used when intense emotions or impulsive behaviors are present.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. That collaborative process guides whether ACT, CBT, DBT, or a blend of methods will be emphasized.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates or questions between sessions and can fit into a busy day. These options make it simpler to maintain consistency, try techniques in real time, and adjust plans to everyday routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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