About Susan
Susan Armes is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor who aims to help people struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma, and depression. She speaks plainly and offers steady support as clients work through life changes and emotional pain. Susan emphasizes respect and sensitivity to each person's background and beliefs.
She draws on 23 years of experience to shape conversations and goals around what matters to the client. Sessions are individualized so the work fits each person’s needs and pace.
Background and approach
Susan will listen first, then collaborate on practical steps to relieve distress and improve daily functioning. Susan uses a mix of approaches depending on the problem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the client’s perspective and building trust in the relationship. She also brings mindfulness practices to help with overwhelming feelings and stress, and solution-focused techniques to set small, achievable goals. When past events are a central issue, psychodynamic ideas may be used to understand patterns that repeat over time.
People looking for calm, clear guidance and practical tools may find this approach useful. Susan encourages anyone feeling stuck or overwhelmed to take a modest next step toward support and to discuss what they hope to change in early sessions.
How Susan’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience first. The therapist listens closely and follows the client’s lead to build trust and decide what to work on. This approach can help when someone needs acceptance and a steady place to sort through feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful patterns that fuel anxiety, panic, or low mood. CBT is goal-oriented and often involves homework between sessions to practice new skills.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences in early sessions and suggest which methods to try first. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when deeper interaction is needed. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low or a client prefers no video. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and step-by-step coaching possible between longer sessions. These options help fold therapy into daily life and keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Florida
- Languages
- English