About Susan
Susan McMillian brings a focused clinical path to therapeutic work. She holds a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and practices as an LPC and LMHC in Florida. Susan draws on five years of counseling experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and life changes.
Susan uses approachable language in sessions. She listens first and helps clients set clear, practical goals. Conversations often include strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to manage symptoms day to day.
Background and approach
Sessions can look different depending on needs. Sometimes the work is short-term and solution-focused to address an immediate problem. Other times she draws on psychodynamic ideas to explore how past patterns affect current behavior.
Susan also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change. That can be useful for career shifts, coping after loss, or managing compassion fatigue. She pays attention to how stress shows up in relationships and family roles without offering family therapy unless agreed.
People who prefer clear steps and a calm, steady style often connect with her approach. She works with concerns such as bipolar mood management, anger, grief, and post-traumatic stress. Sessions are offered through video, phone, live chat, and text messaging to fit different schedules.
Approaches that work well online for trauma and stress
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a trusting conversation. In online sessions this means the therapist listens without judgment and follows the client's lead to set goals that feel useful.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches practical skills to change patterns that keep anxiety or depression going, and those exercises translate well to video or phone sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without getting swept up by them. Short guided exercises by phone or text can help people manage moments of overwhelm between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and is decided together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what methods feel most helpful, then adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations when visual cues help, while phone calls can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging allow frequent check-ins and brief coaching when schedules are tight. These options make it easier to keep consistent contact and try different formats until the client finds what works best.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Post-traumatic stress
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Florida
- Languages
- English