About Susan
Susan Flynn is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois. She focuses on helping adults through stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem struggles, and major life changes. Susan explains things plainly and aims to make sessions feel manageable for people who are overwhelmed.
She draws on six years of clinical experience supporting adults with workplace issues, relationship shifts, and midlife transitions. In sessions she helps people spot patterns that keep repeating, like family-of-origin dynamics or communication problems.
Background and approach
She also works with concerns tied to aging, end-of-life caregiving, and bereavement. Susan uses a mix of approaches to meet different needs. That can mean gently exploring past experiences, practicing skills to manage anxiety, or trying structured exercises to improve communication.
She adapts techniques so they fit each person’s goals and life situation. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Susan asks questions, offers practical tools, and checks in about what is and isn’t working.
She aims to help people build better coping strategies, reduce isolation, and find clearer direction during transitions. People who reach out can expect straightforward, paced work that balances emotional exploration with concrete steps. Susan pays special attention to issues many women face across midlife, career changes, or family stressors.
Conversations move at a client’s pace, with an emphasis on problem solving and lasting skills.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and offering empathy and acceptance so people feel heard as they work through stress or relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches concrete tools to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, blends skill training in emotion regulation and distress tolerance with strategies for clearer communication and coping during intense moments.Susan will work collaboratively to find the right combination of methods for each person. She listens to goals, discusses options, and adjusts techniques over time so therapy stays practical and relevant to daily life. Figuring out the best fit is an ongoing conversation, not a one-time decision.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit sessions around work or caregiving. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be useful for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports quick reflections or homework between sessions. These formats help licensed professionals provide consistent care while adapting to each person's schedule and communication preferences.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English