About Susan
Susan Armstrong uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and mood concerns. She brings 11 years of professional experience licensed in Montana as MT LCPC. Susan writes plainly and keeps sessions focused on practical steps that fit each person's life.
Susan helps people who struggle with low self-esteem, depression, ADHD-related focus and impulsivity, and problems with motivation. She also addresses obsessive thoughts and compulsions, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, and workplace stress.
Background and approach
Conversations aim to identify patterns and try small, doable changes between sessions. Her approach starts from the idea that each person knows their story best. She listens for strengths and uses them to build momentum.
Sessions balance problem-solving, skill practice, and attention to feelings so progress feels real and manageable. Susan also works on attachment concerns, communication problems, control issues, forgiveness, and disruptive mood patterns like DMDD. She helps people notice unhelpful habits and replaces them with clearer choices and coping tools.
The focus is on what someone can try now to feel steadier day to day. People who choose Susan often want direct, straightforward help that respects their pace. She supports clients through steady, practical steps toward greater confidence and better mood and focus.
Practical approaches for online care and lasting change
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on helping people change thoughts and habits that cause distress. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce anxiety and low mood. This method helps with worry, social anxiety, and low self-esteem by teaching concrete skills to shift thinking and behavior.Another frequently used approach targets attention, impulse control, and motivation for people with ADHD or concentration problems. It breaks tasks into manageable steps, uses skill work for focus and organization, and adds simple routines that reduce overwhelm. This approach can also help with impulsivity and workplace productivity.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match techniques to their goals, needs, and preferences. They will adjust methods over time so the work stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone can be a shorter check-in with less bandwidth, and messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or busy family schedules.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English