Susan Josephson

Susan Josephson is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and career concerns. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Susan encourages small first steps and acknowledges how hard it can feel to begin therapy.

Her sessions focus on what matters most to the individual. She listens first, then works with clients to set practical goals and make a plan. Conversations are tailored to the person’s situation rather than following a fixed script.

Susan uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive space where people can talk through difficult emotions and decisions. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping clients spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors to reduce distress.

Over her career she has supported people dealing with trauma and abuse, post-traumatic stress, sexual assault and domestic violence, as well as issues like caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, and HIV/AIDS related counseling. She also helps with parenting, blended family issues, communication problems, and coping with major life changes.

Susan works with people facing addiction, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and multicultural challenges. She aims to tailor interventions to each person’s goals and strengths, helping them build coping skills they can use outside of sessions.

How Susan Integrates Client-Centered and CBT Online

Susan uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a listening space where the client’s concerns set the agenda. This approach emphasizes empathy, respect, and tailoring conversation to what the person brings, which helps when sorting out immediate worries or relational questions.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thinking that increase stress and to test small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and habits that interfere with work or daily life because it breaks problems into concrete steps to try between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Susan will work with each person to combine listening and practical exercises based on their goals and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan when something isn’t working, so therapy becomes a shared process of experimentation and learning.

If you are interested in online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce commuting time. Discuss scheduling and session length during the matching and booking steps to find an arrangement that fits your routine.