Susan Phillips

Susan Phillips is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 25 years of experience in the mental health field. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and other life challenges. Susan values listening closely so people feel heard and understood from the first visit.

Susan uses a client-centered approach at the heart of her work. That means sessions begin with the person's own goals and priorities. She layers in techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused methods when those tools match the goals people bring.

In practical terms, sessions often include talking through current struggles, identifying small changes to try between meetings, and checking what actually helps. Motivational interviewing can support people working on behavior change, and trauma-focused methods are used when past events continue to cause distress.

Susan also brings experience supporting people facing parenting strain, family problems, caregiving stress, chronic illness, end-of-life concerns, addiction, and ADHD-related challenges. She emphasizes simple, doable steps that fit into everyday life rather than abstract theories.

Her style is steady and supportive, with an eye toward problem solving and lasting improvement. People who want clear goals, practical tools, and a listening space often find this approach helpful. To begin, readers can use the Start Therapy flow to match and schedule according to availability.

How Susan’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s priorities first and centers each session on what matters most to them. Online sessions using this approach focus on listening closely, clarifying goals, and jointly choosing steps to try between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) involves identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and testing small experiments to shift them. Online CBT often uses brief exercises, homework, and step-by-step plans to reduce anxiety or depression. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to support change when people feel unsure or stuck; it uses questions and reflections to boost motivation and practical commitment.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. That collaboration can change over time as goals evolve and different tools are tried.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when helpful, or offering options that suit varying schedules and energy levels. Licensed professionals can adapt homework, behavioral experiments, and goal tracking to remote sessions so work continues between meetings.