About Suzanne
Suzanne Baer is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in Illinois with 22 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Her manner is direct but warm, aimed at helping someone take small, steady steps toward feeling better.
She draws on work in inpatient drug and alcohol treatment, sexual abuse counseling, and community mental health. That background informs how she approaches recovery from addiction and trauma.
Background and approach
She also supports people managing chronic illness, caregiver stress, and complicated grief. Suzanne uses practical methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered work. She often mixes mindfulness practices and elements of dialectical behavior therapy to help with strong emotions and coping.
Motivational interviewing appears when people need help finding reasons to change. Sessions focus on clear goals and real-life skills. Suzanne talks through patterns of thinking and behavior and practices new responses in session.
She also helps people sort out relationship and communication problems and issues like abandonment or codependency. Her style is interactive and encouraging. She will challenge unhelpful habits while offering support during setbacks.
People who prefer straightforward guidance paired with empathy tend to find this approach useful.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects feelings, and helps people clarify their goals and values. This approach is useful when someone needs acceptance and a steady, respectful space to talk.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and actions that keep problems going. It includes learning practical strategies to change unhelpful thinking and to practice new behaviors. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and many forms of stress-related trouble.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. It offers concrete tools to handle overwhelming feelings and improve communication in stressful situations.
Suzanne approaches finding the right method as a collaboration. She will talk with each person about their goals and try approaches that match those needs. Together they will adjust techniques over time to find what helps most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone wants a simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging are options for shorter updates or when typing feels easier than talking. These formats make it possible to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or medical needs while keeping the focus on progress and practical skills.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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