About Susan
Susan Frey is a licensed professional counselor who centers her work on practical tools and clear goals. She uses straightforward strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and anger. Susan writes and speaks plainly so parents and busy adults can understand each step.
Susan has two decades of counseling experience and brings that background to each session. She trained in counseling psychology and holds a master’s degree from Seton Hall University.
Background and approach
Her career followed a major life change, which shaped how she listens and responds to sudden disruptions and transitions. In session she often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and brief solution-focused work when those fit a person’s goals.
Sessions are aimed at real-life change rather than abstract ideas. Susan helps with a wide range of concerns including relationship difficulties, grief, bipolar disorder, eating problems, and process addictions such as gambling or exercise. She also supports people dealing with aging and geriatric issues, communication and control problems, divorce and separation, and concerns tied to infidelity, jealousy, or commitment.
People who are visually impaired are included among her focus areas, and she offers services in English. Her practice includes phone, video, chat, and messaging formats to match different schedules and needs. Susan works from Pennsylvania and holds a Pennsylvania LPC license.
Approach and online options for therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values rather than getting stuck in unhelpful thinking. ACT can be useful for anxiety, chronic stress, and life changes where a person wants to live in line with what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns that maintain problems and then changing them with step-by-step practice; it often helps with anxiety, depression, panic, and some eating concerns. Emotionally-Focused approaches, including elements of the Gottman Method for relationships, center on understanding emotions and improving communication to reduce conflict and increase connection.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try methods that suit those goals, and adjust techniques as needed. You and the therapist decide together which strategies feel most helpful and practical for your life.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face work when scheduling across locations is needed, phone sessions work well for a quick check-in or when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging provide shorter, flexible check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on progress and usable skills.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Sex addiction
- Visually impaired
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English