Susan Frey, LPC

Susan Frey is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with two decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship challenges. She writes and talks plainly so clients can understand what happens in sessions. Susan focuses on practical tools that people can use between visits to cope and make steady progress.

She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, actions, and feelings interact. When a different approach fits better, she may use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or short-term Solution-Focused Therapy. She also incorporates emotion-focused ideas and relationship work when concerns center on connection and communication.

Susan has worked with people facing grief, bipolar disorder, anger, eating concerns, panic, and process or substance addictions. She pays attention to issues like infidelity, jealousy, commitment questions, control struggles, and the stresses of major life change. She also notes experience addressing aging and geriatric issues and working with people who are visually impaired.

Her style is goal-oriented and collaborative. Sessions typically focus on clear steps, behavior experiments, and skills to reduce distress. She helps people name priorities, set realistic goals, and practice new ways of responding in everyday situations.

People who choose her can expect straightforward guidance and a focus on practical change. She aims to make therapy useful and relatable so progress feels tangible rather than abstract.

How therapy approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can help when stress, anxiety, or life changes make it hard to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, behaviors, and emotions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and some addiction-related behaviors. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and interaction patterns, which can be useful when relationship issues, communication problems, or jealousy are a concern.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. Together they’ll decide whether to emphasize CBT skill practice, ACT values work, EFT-style emotion mapping, or a mix based on what helps most.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, such as allowing appointments around work or caregiving, reducing travel time, and enabling brief check-ins when needed. Online work can support step-by-step skill practice, homework review, and focused conversations about relationship or jealousy concerns, while remaining flexible to each person’s schedule.