About Suzie
Suzie Amacker brings 15 years of counseling experience to her practice in Georgia. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting concerns, and life changes. She focuses on clear, practical steps that make daily life easier.
Suzie aims for a warm, accepting tone in sessions. She listens first and then offers tools people can try between meetings. Conversations cover feelings, patterns, and concrete coping strategies so clients can see small improvements quickly.
Background and approach
Her work draws on several approaches that fit different needs. She uses acceptance-based methods, cognitive strategies, and mindfulness to reduce worry and build living goals. Hypnotherapy may be offered as another option when appropriate.
Clients often come for a mix of challenges - depression, panic, grief, addictions, identity questions, or career strain. Suzie also helps with parenting stress, intimacy issues, body image, and life transitions such as retirement or separation. She supports people working through isolation, shame, or questions about life purpose.
Sessions are practical and conversational. The goal is to equip people with tools they can use right away and to shape a treatment plan that fits their daily routines. Suzie collaborates on goals and adjusts the approach as progress is made.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and life transitions by shifting focus toward meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with panic, depression, and stress by giving clear steps to test and change thinking. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness, which supports managing worry and emotional ups and downs.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Suzie will explore goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then recommend techniques to try. Over time she adjusts methods based on what helps most, so the plan evolves with the client.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and mirror an in-person conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick reflections, daily check-ins, or when someone prefers typing to talking. These formats make it possible to fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or long commutes while keeping a steady course of support.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English