- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Susan
Susan Flynn is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in Illinois who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and self-esteem concerns. She focuses on practical support for adults facing career pressure, relationship changes, and big life transitions. Her approach is straightforward and collaborative.
She spends time helping people sort through emotions and notice patterns that keep them stuck. Sessions often focus on improving communication, managing overwhelming feelings, and finding clearer priorities.
Background and approach
Susan pays attention to how workplace strain and midlife shifts affect daily life. Parents seeking support around parenting or family strain will find a focus on realistic strategies rather than one-size-fits-all advice. She helps individuals explore family-of-origin issues and set boundaries that fit their current life.
That practical orientation can make day-to-day routines feel more manageable. Susan uses a mix of approaches chosen for each person’s needs. She aims to help clients build coping tools they can use between sessions and to reduce feelings of isolation.
She also works with people dealing with grief, end-of-life concerns, and the emotional impacts of caregiving. With six years of clinical experience, Susan describes therapy as a partnership. She listens first, then introduces techniques that match a person’s goals and pace.
Many clients come for help with communication problems, codependency, workplace issues, and women’s life transitions.
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
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Susan lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience without judgment. It helps people feel heard and builds a trusting working relationship that supports change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers straightforward strategies for managing anxiety, low mood, and unhelpful thinking patterns by practicing new ways of responding.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for regulating intense emotions and improving relationships. It can help people manage strong reactions and build better coping routines in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the process, and the therapist will work together with each person to choose tools that match their goals and preferences. That collaboration means techniques are adjusted over time based on what helps the client most.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a work break or require less bandwidth, live chat allows real-time back-and-forth for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy family and work lives.
Questions people ask about Susan
What concerns does Susan commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, self-esteem, and parenting and family-related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She offers a collaborative, nonjudgmental style that combines listening with practical skills. Sessions emphasize clear steps to manage emotions and improve communication.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Susan has six years of experience working with adults on workplace dynamics, midlife transitions, and caregiving and end-of-life concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an IL LCPC license and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She works via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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