Susan Rhodes

Susan Rhodes is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years in the mental health field. She holds a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) credential and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) credential. Her style is creative, direct, and compassionate, and she aims to build treatment plans that match each person’s pace and preferences.

Susan draws on a wide range of professional experiences to help people begin healing. She uses personal and clinical experience to guide conversations and to suggest concrete steps forward. In sessions she focuses on practical actions like personal inventories, steps for healing, and links to community resources.

She works with people who want change and who are willing to look at how they show up in relationships. Susan offers support for grief, depression, addiction concerns, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and a broad set of life stressors. She also addresses issues such as caregiving strain, body image, attachment concerns, and parenting stresses.

Her clinical approach draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral methods, motivational interviewing, narrative ideas, and psychodynamic thinking. Those tools are used to set clear goals, try small experiments, and reframe patterns that keep people stuck.

Outside of work she trains for marathons, cooks, takes day trips, and enjoys writing, podcasts, and community projects. She emphasizes steady, real-world change and aims to help people move forward with integrity and resilience.

How online approaches shape practical therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and values. The therapist follows the client’s lead, listens closely, and helps people name what matters. It can help with motivation, life transitions, and building self-understanding.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses straightforward experiments and small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change unhelpful routines. Motivational Interviewing is a brief, goal-focused style that helps people find reasons to change and boosts readiness for recovery.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and what feels manageable. That process may mix approaches and adjust strategies over time.

Confirm the available session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some formats are simpler for low bandwidth or when a quieter space is easier to arrange. Ask about exact session formats when you schedule to make sure they fit your routine.