Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Susan works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Susan
Susan Russell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with eleven years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, anger, and other life challenges. Susan aims to meet people where they are and make therapy a straightforward part of getting through hard times.
She uses hands-on strategies to help people manage emotions and regain control. Sessions often include learning new skills for coping, small behavior changes, and short exercises to try between meetings.
Background and approach
The work is explained in plain language and adjusted to each person's needs. Susan draws from approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and build values-driven action. She also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas to strengthen relationships and self-understanding.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques can be added when emotional regulation skills are a focus. Her experience includes a wide range of concerns, from depression, grief, and addiction to sleep problems, intimacy-related issues, and parenting stress. She helps people facing life transitions, chronic health challenges, and complex emotional patterns.
Susan pays attention to safety and practical planning when difficult memories or trauma come up. Susan works with adults by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions are scheduled through an online matching process and run on a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
She speaks English and practices in Michigan.
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
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- 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)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- 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 and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. It helps people move forward even when worry, anger, or low mood show up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thought patterns and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical steps to change them. Both approaches suit stress, anxiety, sleep issues, and mood concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. This is a collaborative process where skills can be combined from ACT, CBT, Attachment-Based, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are convenient for short check-ins, skill practice, or brief support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Susan
What concerns does Susan commonly address?
Susan supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, and addiction. She also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, and ADHD-related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is practical and collaborative. Sessions mix skill teaching, thought work, and values-based planning to help people manage emotions and make small, useful changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eleven years of professional experience working with adults on a broad range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
Susan holds a Michigan Licensed Professional Counselor credential, listed as MI LPC, and practices with clients in Michigan.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients and works with people located where her Michigan license applies.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be conducted by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How much does therapy cost and how do I begin?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.