About Susan
Susan Sigl is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and trauma. She brings 33 years of experience as an LPC in Wisconsin and focuses on practical support during difficult life changes. Susan listens without judgment and works to understand each person's history and present struggles.
Sessions focus on clear, manageable steps clients can try between meetings. She adapts her pace to what feels right for the person in front of her.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses relationship strains, family of origin issues, career concerns, and challenges tied to identity such as LGBT and gender dysphoria questions. She also supports people facing complicated situations like co-occurring conditions, substance concerns, and end-of-life stressors. Susan uses client-centered methods to make space for what matters most to the client.
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors. These approaches are used together to match what each client needs. People who meet with Susan can expect straightforward goals and a focus on skills they can apply every day.
Her long experience in Wisconsin gives her a broad perspective on common life pressures and transitions. She aims to help people regain a sense of control and move toward clearer next steps.
How her approaches work online
Susan uses client-centered work to focus on the person and their priorities. This approach gives clients space to tell their story while the therapist reflects and helps clarify what matters most. It can be useful for exploring identity, grief, and complex personal history.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice small changes. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping skills for daily stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Susan will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then adjust methods as needed. This collaboration helps shape a plan that fits the client's life and needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial cues and do longer sessions. Phone sessions can use less bandwidth and suit shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day or to keep in touch between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more accessible and flexible for different schedules and needs.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English