About Susan
Susan Shouse is a licensed social worker with 26 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, or ADHD. Her style is direct and caring, and she aims to make therapy understandable and usable for everyday life.
Susan creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what matters most. She listens for strengths and practical steps clients can take between sessions.
Background and approach
Many people come for help with sleep, eating, career strain, or problems with intimacy and relationships. Her work blends evidence-based skill building with attention to each person’s story. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.
Client-centered methods make sure each plan fits a person’s values and pace. Mindfulness practices and solution-focused tools are also part of sessions when they fit the goal. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change, especially around substance use or other habits.
Susan checks in often to adjust the plan as life shifts. She is based in Michigan and works in English. Sessions can cover a wide range of issues including grief, trauma and abuse, bipolar concerns, caregiver stress, and many practical life challenges.
The aim is steady progress and clearer next steps, one small change at a time.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and shaping treatment around each person's values and goals. In online sessions this means time is spent understanding what matters and building a plan that fits the person's daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice patterns of thinking and try small experiments to change behavior. CBT works well remotely because homework and real-world practice are part of the process and can be reviewed in video or messaging sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose or combine methods based on needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time so the approach stays useful and manageable for the client.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversations and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat are helpful for quick updates, brief coaching, or staying on track between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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