About Susanna
Susanna Armstrong welcomes people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. She also helps with sleep problems, anger, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and LGBT-related issues. Susanna brings 14 years of clinical work to each session and holds an MD and an LCPC.
Her approach is practical and direct. Sessions focus on clear goals and usable skills. She blends talk therapy with techniques to manage mood, cravings, and daily stress.
Background and approach
Movement, nutrition, and body-based ideas may be added when helpful. Susanna uses several evidence-based methods and picks what fits each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors.
Mindfulness Therapy builds awareness of feelings and reduces reactivity. Motivational Interviewing supports people who are unsure or ambivalent about change. Many people come to her with overlapping issues such as mood disorders and co-morbid substance concerns.
She has extensive experience in addictions and post-traumatic stress and often addresses process addictions like gambling or problematic sexual behaviors alongside mood symptoms. Sessions aim to develop coping skills, reduce harmful patterns, and strengthen daily routines. Susanna’s style is collaborative and straightforward.
She works with young adults and others navigating big life shifts to set realistic steps. People leave sessions with concrete strategies they can try between meetings.
Approach and online options for counseling
Susanna often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, and many mood or sleep issues.She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach attention and awareness skills that reduce reactivity to stress and cravings. Mindfulness can help with anger, trauma symptoms, and managing urges in addiction recovery.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match goals and preferences. Plans can be adjusted as progress is made and new challenges appear.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are useful for in-depth sessions that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates, ask quick questions, or keep momentum between scheduled meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain continuity while working toward recovery and better daily routines.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English