About Susan
Susan Guerra is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and addiction. She works with concerns around self-esteem, parenting, relationship and intimacy issues, and coping with major life changes. Susan also supports people facing burnout, compassion fatigue, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and eating or sleeping problems.
She uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. Conversations focus on concrete goals and steps a person can try between meetings.
Background and approach
She aims to match techniques to each person’s needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. Susan draws on nearly three decades of clinical experience in settings such as home health, hospice, psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinics, and residential programs. That background informs how she helps people facing chronic illness, caregiving stress, trauma, or complex mental health concerns.
Her style is compassionate and nonjudgmental. She guides people through learning new coping skills and applying them in daily life. Sessions combine talking, skill practice, and practical planning to make change feel manageable.
Susan values working with the whole person. She pays attention to life context, medical concerns, and caregiver roles when creating a plan. Her goal is to help people build routines and strategies that support clearer decision making and healthier relationships.
People who choose Susan can expect a collaborative process that emphasizes realistic steps. She aims to help people move toward the life they want by focusing on skills that produce everyday improvements.
How Susan’s approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on understanding emotions in relationships and building more supported emotional responses for those who struggle with intimacy or connection.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and preferences, and then try methods that fit. That collaborative process may include trying different tools and adjusting the plan over time.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video offers face-to-face interaction for full conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can work when internet bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter updates, quick problem-solving, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options aim to make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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