- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Grief
About Susan
Susan Samek is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with thirty years of clinical experience. She uses a calm, gentle manner to help people sort through life’s challenges and set realistic goals. Her practice emphasizes clear listening and steady support so people feel heard and understood.
Susan blends talk-based work with creative outlets she has long valued. Art became a way for her to process hard experiences, and she brings that perspective into sessions when it fits a person’s needs.
Background and approach
She aims to make emotional work accessible and practical. Her approach begins with understanding how past experiences shape current patterns. She helps people recognize those patterns and then identifies small, doable steps toward change.
Susan focuses on building self-awareness, self-forgiveness, and resilience. People often come to her for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and self-esteem struggles. She also supports those dealing with intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, and parenting or family stress.
Sessions aim to clarify what matters most to the client and create a plan that fits their life. Susan works with a steady, empathetic style that blends reflection and practical suggestions. She encourages gradual progress and honors the personal pace of each person.
Her goal is that clients leave sessions with clearer insight and manageable next steps.
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
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Susan draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that combine talk therapy with creative methods to help people process emotions and change patterns. One approach emphasizes exploring the roots of habits and trauma through reflective conversation, helping people name patterns and make intentional changes. This method is useful for anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma-related concerns.Another approach incorporates creative expression alongside verbal work to access feelings that are hard to put into words. Using art or creative tasks can help people process complex events and see new perspectives, which can support coping with loss, addiction, or shifts in identity.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan collaborates with each person to figure out which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts methods over time based on what helps the person make steady, manageable progress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection is helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts in writing and keep ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into real life and maintain continuity of care.
Questions people ask about Susan
What concerns does Susan commonly address?
Susan works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and self-esteem difficulties. She also supports people facing relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and major life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm and gentle, combining listening with practical suggestions. Sessions emphasize being heard, building awareness, and setting realistic goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has thirty years of experience in counseling and therapeutic work with diverse concerns and life stages.
What credentials and region should I know about?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, listed as PA LPC, and practices in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
How are sessions delivered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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