- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Eating disorders
About Susan
Susan Cooper is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of practice in New Mexico. She meets people where they are and helps them take the first steps toward change. Her style is calm and direct, focused on practical ways to reduce stress and manage hard feelings.
Susan creates a space where people can talk about worry, grief, depression, and relationship strain without judgment. She helps clients sort through overwhelming thoughts and figure out what matters most.
Background and approach
Conversations are geared toward small, doable changes that make daily life easier. With two decades of experience, Susan draws on approaches that are evidence-based and practical. She supports people coping with parenting pressures, sleep problems, addictions, and career stress.
She also works with concerns such as body image, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and attachment-related issues. Susan has helped people process major life changes, manage bipolar symptoms, and address compassion fatigue. She offers ways to improve self-esteem, handle anger, and navigate adoption or foster care histories.
Her background includes a range of clinical settings across New Mexico. Sessions are conversational and collaborative. Susan listens first, then offers tools and exercises tailored to each person’s goals.
The emphasis is on skills that can be tried between sessions and adjusted as needed.
What Susan works with
Everything Susan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Susan helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many clients find benefit from focused, evidence-based techniques that teach practical skills. One common approach emphasizes cognitive strategies to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with clearer, more helpful thoughts. This can help with anxiety, low mood, and difficult decision making.Another helpful approach centers on behavioral skills such as activity scheduling, sleep hygiene, and graded exposure to reduce avoidance. These steps aim to restore routine and improve daily functioning when stress, depression, or sleep problems get in the way.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to weigh the options, set goals, and choose methods that fit their needs and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is working and what is not.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging is useful for ongoing reminders and brief reflections. These options offer flexibility so therapy can happen around work, parenting, or medical appointments.
Questions people ask about Susan
What concerns does Susan commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and parenting strain. She also addresses sleep problems, addictions, self-esteem, and career challenges.
What is the general therapy style and approach?
Sessions are conversational and practical. The focus is on problem-solving, skill-building, and small changes that fit daily life.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
Susan has 20 years of professional experience working in mental health settings in New Mexico.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in New Mexico and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Susan?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.
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