About Susan
Susan Serge is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship strain, depression, and compassion fatigue. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Her background includes direct counseling and work in recovery settings, which informs her approach to problems that affect daily life.
Susan uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
She also draws on skills from suicide prevention work to handle crisis moments calmly and safely. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, small skill-building steps, and real-life practice that fits a client's routine. Her career has included roles in higher education, adoption support, community mental health, and substance abuse recovery programs.
Those experiences shaped how she supports people dealing with complex stressors and life transitions. She keeps explanations straightforward and action oriented so parents and professionals can quickly use what they learn. Susan earned a Master of Arts in Community Counseling with an adult emphasis from Slippery Rock University and has worked in both individual and group therapy settings.
She also has experience in crisis intervention and behavioral health leadership, which helps when clients need coordinated support. Outside of clinical work she enjoys traveling, cooking, and time with her husband, teenage daughter, and two dogs. Her faith informs her sense of purpose and commitment to helping people heal and build more satisfying lives.
Practical approaches and online therapy fit
Susan primarily uses cognitive behavioral approaches to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting. This method is useful for anxiety, depression, social phobia, and many stress-related problems because it focuses on skills people can practice between sessions.She also incorporates techniques from suicide prevention work to plan for safety and handle high-risk moments calmly. These practices help clients develop concrete steps to reduce immediate risk and connect to supports when needed.
Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will talk with a client about goals, preferences, and the problems that matter most. Together they decide which strategies to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
For practicalities, please confirm the specific session options before booking since the biography does not list formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when a full in-person visit is not needed. It can also let people join from locations with quieter surroundings or when scheduling around work and family responsibilities is important.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Wyoming
- Languages
- English