About Susan
Susan Briggs is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, and effects of trauma and abuse. She aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and respectful.
Susan creates a calm space where clients can name what’s bothering them. She listens without judgment and helps people sort out painful thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and grounded in day-to-day experience rather than talk that feels abstract. Her work often includes clear, skills-based techniques to manage anxiety and mood. She uses approaches that teach coping tools, change unhelpful thinking patterns, and build healthier communication.
Clients learn ways to respond to stress that fit their lives. Susan also helps people navigate relationship strain and the emotional fallout from past hurt. She pays attention to how stories about ourselves shape behavior and mood, and helps rewrite those stories to reduce shame and isolation.
She supports people working through forgiveness, guilt, and control issues. Many clients appreciate a straightforward, collaborative style. Susan encourages small steps and practices between sessions so progress carries into daily life.
Her approach aims to be clear, compassionate, and focused on what matters to each person.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's own experience; the therapist listens closely and follows the client's lead so goals are set together. This approach helps when someone needs acceptance and steady support while they sort out feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean trying a skills-focused plan first, or using a mix of listening-based and technique-based work depending on how someone responds.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation when schedules allow; phone sessions can be easier when video isn’t possible. Live chat and text messages are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when writing feels more natural. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to maintain continuity between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English