Dr. Susan Harris

Dr. Susan Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of experience in addiction and mental health work. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, relationship difficulties, anger, bipolar disorder, depression, and coping with life changes. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people regain stability and feel more in control day to day.

She blends person-centered listening with goal-focused tools. That means she listens first, then helps people learn skills they can use outside the session. She often uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful patterns and dialectical behavior techniques to build emotional regulation. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolkit when they fit someone’s needs.

Clients meet someone who treats addiction and mental health together rather than as separate problems. Discussions often address emotional, relational, and behavioral patterns that keep problems cycling. Work in sessions may include skill practice, behavior planning, and tracing how past experiences affect present choices.

Dr. Harris practices in Arizona and uses her years of experience to match methods to each person. She aims to help people make concrete changes, reduce symptoms, and build healthier habits. Conversations are paced to the client’s comfort and goals.

If someone wants to start, they are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule based on availability.

How her approaches fit into online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. In sessions the therapist reflects concerns and helps people feel heard, which can make it easier to try new coping skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches practical exercises to change those patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, and then suggest which methods to try first. That plan can change as progress is made, so decisions are collaborative rather than fixed.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can help fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and making appointments easier to schedule. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and let people choose sessions that better match their daily routine. Licensed professionals can tailor tools like CBT exercises and person-centered conversations to an online setting so therapy stays focused on practical change.