Works with
How Susan works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Susan
Susan Lockard is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who helps people managing stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She works with adults facing life changes, parenting strain, grief, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her approach is calm and practical, focused on everyday steps that make a difference.
Susan keeps sessions grounded and straightforward. She listens first, then helps clients identify what gets in the way of feeling steady. She uses simple coping skills, communication practice, and behavioral strategies to reduce crisis moments and improve daily functioning.
Background and approach
Her work includes addressing family of origin issues, abandonment wounds, isolation, and feelings of emptiness. Susan also helps people struggling with guilt, shame, impulsivity, panic attacks, and mood shifts. She pays attention to how past hurts show up in current relationships and choices.
Susan draws on several evidence-informed methods to fit each person’s needs. She blends client-centered talk, cognitive-behavioral techniques, dialectical skills, mindfulness, and trauma-focused methods. This lets her tailor sessions for emotional regulation, trauma processing, and clearer thinking.
With 16 years of experience, she focuses on steady progress rather than quick fixes. Sessions often include skill practice between meetings and concrete plans for handling flare-ups. People who come to her usually want practical tools and a steady sounding board while they work through painful experiences.
Susan offers online options so adults in Pennsylvania can connect by video, phone, chat, or messaging. She works in English and holds a Pennsylvania LPC credential.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Susan lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Susan often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going, which can reduce panic, depression, and anger. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to lower reactivity and increase emotional balance.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clearer interpersonal boundaries. These skills are practical and can be practiced between sessions, with the therapist helping adapt them to the client’s daily routine. Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work; she collaborates with each person to choose what fits their goals and preferences.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging offer shorter check-ins or written coaching between meetings. These formats give flexibility for people managing work, caregiving, or mobility limits while still using structured, evidence-informed approaches.
Questions people ask about Susan
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Susan supports adults with stress, anger, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, ADHD, and related issues like guilt, shame, and impulsivity.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm and practical. She listens closely, then works with clients on skills and small behavior changes for daily life.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and trauma-related concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds an LPC credential and practices in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.