About Susan
Susan “Sue” Wildermann is a Licensed Professional Counselor in New Jersey with 18 years of clinical experience. She holds a master’s in the behavioral sciences and a professional diploma in marriage and family therapy. Sue presents as approachable and nonjudgmental and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She prefers to work collaboratively, treating therapy as a team effort. Sessions aim to help people spot patterns that no longer serve them.
Background and approach
Sue helps clients name problems and try small changes that build toward larger goals. Sue uses a mix of approaches, choosing what fits each person’s situation. She draws on client-centered listening to prioritize a person’s own perspective.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Her work often addresses family and relationship problems, parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and stress. She also supports people dealing with intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and major life transitions.
Sue has experience helping people who faced disaster-related trauma and those affected by domestic violence. She has also worked with matters such as adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, caregiving stress, and aging concerns. Her approach centers on empowerment, helping people find strengths they can use outside sessions.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Sue often combines client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people make practical changes. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience so they feel heard and supported. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and tests new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety or depression.She also uses emotionally-focused ideas when relationships are central to the concern. That approach helps people name emotions and change interaction patterns that cause distance or conflict. Finding the right approach is part of the work; Sue will discuss options and tailor the plan based on a person’s needs, goals, and preferences in a collaborative way.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and communication styles. Video is useful for longer therapy work and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a quick check-in. Chat and messaging work well for brief updates, homework, or ongoing support between longer sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English