- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Susan
Susan Williams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience helping adults manage parenting stress and related life challenges. She focuses on practical steps parents can use right away. Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and strengthen daily routines so caretaking feels more manageable.
She draws on client-centered skills to listen without judgment and to help parents name their goals. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and swap them for more workable habits.
Background and approach
Attachment-based ideas inform how relationships and early patterns can affect current family dynamics. Susan has worked broadly with mood and anxiety concerns, trauma and addiction issues, and relationship struggles that show up during parenting. She also supports people facing career strain, grief, and caretaking burnout.
Her experience includes work on body image, blended family challenges, and communication problems that affect household life. Sessions focus on concrete tools, small experiments, and clear steps to test what helps at home. Clients can expect guided conversations, practical behavioral strategies, and mindfulness exercises to manage stress in the moment.
The tone is collaborative and straightforward. Her professional background includes a Master of Social Work and a Wisconsin Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential. Susan accepts clients in English and works with some international clients by online formats.
She aims to help each person find approaches that fit their family rhythms and personal goals.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Susan lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-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.
How Susan’s approaches work in online sessions
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns show up in adult partnerships and parenting. Online sessions use conversations and reflective exercises to help people notice relationship triggers and try new ways of connecting with partners or children.Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's priorities. In practice this means the therapist asks clarifying questions, reflects what she hears, and helps clients set realistic goals for family life and self-care.
Cognitive behavioral techniques teach concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions often include short between-session tasks, thought records, or behavioral experiments to test what helps with anxiety, sleep, or parenting stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and is decided together. The therapist will check in about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjust techniques over time to match progress and changing needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility across multiple formats. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can fit into a break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging make short check-ins, homework prompts, or coaching-style messages easy between longer sessions. These options help parents fold therapy into busy days and try tools when challenges arise.
Questions people ask about Susan
What parenting concerns does she address?
Susan helps parents who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, sleep and eating issues, relationship strain, addiction concerns, and changes like divorce or blended family transitions.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses a warm, client-centered style that emphasizes clear goals and practical steps. Sessions mix conversation with exercises to try between meetings.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 20 years of experience working with adults on mood disorders, trauma, relationship problems, and caregiving stress.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Wisconsin and practices from that state.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts some international clients through online formats.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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