Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Susan works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New Mexico
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Susan
Susan Cooper is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience in New Mexico. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. Her approach is straightforward and practical, aimed at helping people take the first steps toward change.
Susan creates a calm, nonjudgmental space for people to talk about difficult feelings. She emphasizes clear communication and steady support. Sessions focus on understanding what triggers intense reactions and finding manageable ways to respond differently.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses challenges around parenting, caregiving stress, body image and eating concerns, relationship strain, and career pressures. She also supports people facing chronic illness, grief, addiction concerns, and compassion fatigue. Susan brings two decades of hands-on practice to each conversation.
People can expect a mix of listening, problem-solving, and concrete coping strategies during sessions. She aims to help clients build skills that reduce reactivity and improve daily functioning. Progress is paced to what feels doable for each person.
Susan welcomes English-speaking clients in New Mexico and also works with international clients. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
What Susan works with
Everything Susan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Susan's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Many people benefit from straightforward, evidence-based techniques that focus on recognizing triggers and changing reactions. One commonly used approach helps people identify unhelpful patterns of thinking and replace them with more balanced thoughts; this can reduce anxiety and make anger easier to manage. Another approach emphasizes building concrete coping skills - breathing, grounding, and step-by-step problem solving - to lower intense emotions and improve daily routines.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each client about goals, struggles, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made to keep things practical and relevant.
Online therapy makes these approaches easier to access. Video calls allow real-time conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send brief updates, try short exercises between sessions, or check in on tougher days. These options add flexibility for work, caregiving, or travel while keeping therapy focused on clear skills and steady support.
Questions people ask about Susan
What concerns does Susan commonly help with?
Susan works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, and life changes. She also addresses parenting strain, relationship issues, eating and body image concerns, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is calm and practical, combining attentive listening with concrete coping strategies. Sessions aim to identify triggers and build manageable responses.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years of professional experience providing mental health support in a range of settings. That experience informs a steady, experienced approach to common life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and practices in New Mexico.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered to international clients as well as people in New Mexico. Sessions are conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.