About Susan
Susan Hart is a licensed professional counselor with 13 years of experience helping people untangle patterns that keep them stuck. She focuses on clear, practical steps so clients can move toward the life they want. Sessions are conversational and aimed at real change rather than jargon or labels.
Susan listens for the habits and thinking errors that get in the way. She helps clients spot unhelpful patterns and replace them with choices that match their goals.
Background and approach
That may include addressing stress, anxiety, depression, or struggles with self-esteem and self-love. Her work also covers relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction and eating issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and coping with major life changes. Sexual orientation and identity questions are part of her practice, and she brings that openness into sessions.
She also supports people facing bipolar disorder, anger, parenting challenges, and family-related stress. Susan draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Existential Therapy to create a practical plan. CBT offers tools to change thinking and behavior that cause distress.
Existential ideas help people clarify values and meaning when life feels uncertain. Clients can expect a straightforward, compassionate approach that centers their needs. The focus is on helping each person recognize what they truly want, then building steps to get there.
Work is collaborative and paced to fit the individual.
How CBT and Existential Approaches Work Online
Susan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify and change thought patterns and behaviors that cause distress. CBT gives concrete tools such as thought records and behavioral experiments that translate well to online sessions and text-based check-ins.She also draws on Existential Therapy to help people clarify values and meaning when life feels confusing. That approach focuses on questions about purpose, choice, and responsibility and can help with grief, major life changes, and doubts about direction.
Choosing an approach is a shared decision. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then tailor methods to fit those needs. That means trying techniques, reviewing how they work, and adjusting the plan together.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video helps maintain a face-to-face feel, phone calls need less bandwidth, and chat or text can be used for brief check-ins or when writing helps processing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English