About Susan
Susan Yvette Underwood uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people find steadier footing during hard times. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and brings 20 years of experience to work with clients in Arizona. She focuses on issues like LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, eating and food-related problems, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
Her sessions are straightforward and practical. She helps people name what is happening, find clearer ways to communicate, and develop habits that reduce distress.
Background and approach
Many people come to her when they feel stuck by guilt, shame, isolation, or confusion about life purpose. Susan also addresses a range of related concerns, including codependency, dissociation, domestic violence, family of origin issues, and midlife challenges. She has worked with people affected by HIV and AIDS, and those navigating kink and alternative sexual cultures.
Her background supports careful conversations about identity and safety without judgment. Therapy with Susan emphasizes collaboration. She listens first, then works with each person to set small, achievable goals.
Sessions try to balance emotional exploration with concrete coping tools that make daily life easier. For those who prefer remote care, Susan offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling is arranged after completing a short matching questionnaire.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical skills and structured ways to process difficult experiences. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test them against real life, which can reduce distress and improve decision making. Another approach centers on building emotion regulation and grounding skills to manage overwhelm after trauma or during intense mood shifts.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to what matters most, review symptoms and goals, and suggest methods that fit the person's needs and preferences. Together they try an approach and adjust it over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to stay connected. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, step-by-step coaching, or keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue care when in-person visits are not practical.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, Colorado
- Languages
- English