About Susan
Susan Peterman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports those facing life changes and people navigating LGBT and gender-related issues. Her approach is direct and nonjudgmental so clients can talk openly about difficult feelings.
She takes a calm, practical approach in sessions. Susan listens first and then helps people notice patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
Together they try small changes that can make a day or a relationship feel easier to handle. Susan uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help with overwhelming emotions and unhelpful thoughts. She also draws on mindfulness and solution-focused strategies to build coping skills and set attainable goals.
Narrative therapy helps some clients reframe painful stories about themselves. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions focus on what feels most important to the client right now, whether that is improving communication, reducing anxiety, or coping with a breakup or divorce.
She aims to create an atmosphere where people feel heard and understood. With 13 years of experience, Susan combines practical techniques with a patient, respectful manner. She works with adults who want clear, usable tools to handle life’s stressors and to move toward more satisfying relationships and personal wellbeing.
How her approaches work in online sessions
Susan commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in her online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses to reduce anxiety and depression. Dialectical behavior therapy offers concrete skills for handling intense emotions and improving relationships.She also integrates mindfulness and solution-focused ideas when they fit the client's goals. Mindfulness helps people ground themselves and reduce reactivity. Solution-focused strategies concentrate on small, practical steps and measurable progress rather than long explorations of the past.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Susan collaborates with each person to choose or blend methods based on their needs, goals, and comfort level. She revisits the plan if something isn’t helpful and tries different techniques to see what works best.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversations, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can fit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options let people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep consistent contact between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English