Susan Briggs

Susan Briggs is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 15 years of experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports those dealing with relationship struggles and challenges connected to women’s issues. Susan keeps language simple and direct so worried parents can understand what to expect.

Her approach centers on listening without judgment and helping clients name what matters most to them. She uses practical, evidence-informed methods tailored to each person. Sessions focus on skills people can try between meetings and on clearer ways to handle difficult feelings.

Susan combines client-centered work with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy when those fit a person’s goals. She also draws on motivational interviewing and narrative therapy to help people sort through life choices and reframe painful stories. The mix is chosen together with each client.

In sessions she emphasizes real-world problem solving. That might mean working on communication, managing guilt and shame, or finding direction during a midlife transition. She offers support for caregiver stress, social anxiety, control issues, and loneliness.

People who start with her complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability. Pricing varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. If you want straightforward help and steady support, Susan aims to make the work feel doable.

How therapy approaches translate to online sessions

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and building a collaborative relationship. Online work with this approach focuses on creating space to be heard and helping people name their priorities and values. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can be practiced between sessions and discussed during meetings. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, offers tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, useful for high-intensity emotions and relationship strain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that match those needs. That collaborative process helps shape which techniques are emphasized as therapy progresses.

Specific session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit work into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing sessions during a lunch break or between errands. Phone or video sessions can also offer flexibility when a shorter check-in is needed or when being on camera is not preferred. Many people find that doing skill practice and brief homework between sessions helps make progress in everyday settings.