- Focus on coping skills
- Collaborative goal setting
- Trauma aware care
About Susan
Susan Armes is a licensed therapist who helps people handle work stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and big life changes. She has 23 years of experience and approaches each person with respect and sensitivity. Her aim is to create a practical plan that fits the client’s life and values.
Susan listens first and then adapts the conversation to what feels most useful. She focuses on clear steps for coping with panic, mood shifts, and social anxiety. She also supports people processing trauma, grief, and the emotional fallout of divorce or separation.
Her work draws on several approaches. She uses client-centered methods to make sessions collaborative and solution-focused techniques to set manageable goals. Cognitive behavioral ideas are applied to notice and change thought patterns that increase anxiety and low mood.
Susan pays attention to how work and day-to-day pressures affect wellbeing, and she helps people find practical ways to manage those demands. She also addresses communication problems, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose.
In sessions she aims for straightforward conversations and tools you can use between meetings. She explains options, listens for what matters to you, and adjusts plans as needs change. To begin, follow the Start Therapy process and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule a first appointment.
Approaches you can use in online sessions
Susan commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people make practical changes. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship so clients feel heard and understood, which helps when sorting through stress or relationship concerns. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers concrete tools to reduce anxiety and manage mood.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Susan works together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. She checks in about what feels helpful and shifts focus as needs change, making therapy a collaborative effort.
Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins on a work break, or reduce travel time to appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and coping strategies so they work in everyday settings and routines.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
23+ years
Credentials
Virginia, Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Susan commonly address?
Susan works with stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma-related issues. She also helps people dealing with relationship strain, workplace issues, and life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a collaborative, client-centered approach and adds practical techniques from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused methods. Sessions emphasize clear steps and skills to try between meetings.
How long has she been practicing?
Susan brings 23 years of professional experience to her work with clients.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and is based in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.