Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
How Susan works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- KS Psychologist
- Licensed in
- Kansas
- Years in practice
- 24
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Susan
Dr. Susan Lieberman uses a blend of practical, evidence-based approaches to help people manage strong emotions and life stressors. She is a psychologist licensed in Kansas and brings 24 years of clinical experience to sessions.
Her work often focuses on anxiety, depression, anger, ADHD, addictions, and relationship concerns. Dr. Lieberman aims for clear, direct conversation and real skills people can use between sessions.
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and build new habits.
Background and approach
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters and take steps toward those values even when feelings are intense. Dialectical behavior skills are used for emotion regulation and safer ways to respond in heated moments. Her background includes long-term work with people facing chronic illness, caregiving stress, and complicated grief.
She also supports those dealing with workplace strain, identity and intimacy issues, and the aftermath of trauma and abuse. This gives her practical experience with layered problems that often co-occur. In sessions she focuses on coaching concrete strategies - coping tools for sleep, routines, and managing anger, and communication techniques for strained relationships.
Conversations are collaborative and straightforward so goals stay visible and measurable. Progress looks like more consistent choices that match the person’s values. Dr.
Lieberman provides care in Kansas and offers multiple remote formats for people who need flexibility. She works in English and has helped people at many stages of life navigate change and build steadier daily routines.
What Susan works with
Everything Susan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Susan's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Susan lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online emotion work
Dr. Susan Lieberman often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors so people can change how they feel day to day. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people identify what matters most and take value-driven steps, even when uncomfortable emotions are present.She approaches treatment as a collaboration. Together the therapist and client review goals, try different techniques, and pick the approaches that match the person’s needs and preferences. That means sessions can mix skill-building, coaching, and values-based planning until a useful routine emerges.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video works well for interactive skill practice and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging suit brief updates, coaching between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and support steady progress over time.
Questions people ask about Susan
What concerns does Dr. Lieberman address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, self-esteem, career decisions, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She uses clear conversation and teaches coping tools people can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 24 years of clinical experience working with people facing chronic health issues, caregiving stress, workplace strain, and complex emotional concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is listed as KS Psychologist LP 1071 and provides services based in Kansas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and getting started work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.