Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
How Susan works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 28
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Susan
Susan Zapatha is a licensed mental health counselor with nearly three decades of experience. She helps people facing anger, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and life transitions. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, with steady support and straightforward communication.
Susan creates a calm space where people can talk through upsetting moments and difficult memories. She listens without judgment and helps clients name what they are feeling. That clarity makes it easier to choose next steps and try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Her work draws on attachment ideas and emotion-focused methods to understand how past relationships shape current reactions. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and test small behavior changes. Sessions focus on clear goals and simple skills that can be used between meetings.
Susan has 28 years of experience as an LMHC - licensed mental health counselor in Florida. Over that time she has supported people with a wide range of concerns, including parenting stress, trauma and abuse, chronic health challenges, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She offers several ways to meet, including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
The first step is a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a session that fits a person's life. Susan aims to be practical, steady, and collaborative while people work toward calmer days.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Susan lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Susan’s approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connections shape current reactions and patterns. Online sessions use conversation to map those relationship patterns and notice where old responses still cause pain. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and acceptance so people feel understood; in remote sessions this often means guiding a person through their own priorities and pacing work at their comfort level.Susan pairs those approaches with practical steps drawn from cognitive behavioral ideas when helpful, and she treats finding the right mix as a team effort. She will talk with each person about their goals, test what feels useful, and adjust methods based on needs and preferences so therapy fits the person rather than forcing a single style.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, or people who find writing easier than speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people fit therapy into busy lives.
Questions people ask about Susan
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Susan works with a broad range of issues including anger, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, grief, trauma and parenting stress.
What is her therapy style like?
She keeps things practical and straightforward, listening closely and helping people name feelings and try small changes between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 28 years of professional experience as a mental health counselor to her work with clients.
Where is she licensed and based?
Susan is an LMHC - licensed mental health counselor in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
People can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.