Susan Rhodes, LICSW, LCSW

Susan Rhodes is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience helping people face hard life moments. She holds a Vermont LICSW and a Texas LCSW and brings a direct, compassionate style to sessions. Susan draws on a varied professional background and personal experience to tailor support to each person’s pace and needs.

Susan works with people who want change and are willing to look at their part in relationships. She helps clients move through grief, depression, addiction concerns, stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She also addresses intimacy-related struggles, self-esteem, parenting questions, and issues tied to caregiving and chronic illness.

Her approach is collaborative and practical. Together with clients she maps steps for healing, creates personal inventories, and sets small actions that support recovery. She connects people to outside resources when that will help the plan move forward.

Sessions are shaped to fit how each person learns and grows. Susan describes her manner as creative, open-minded, and passionate. She aims to build treatment plans that match a client’s healing style rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all method.

Outside of therapy she trains for marathons, cooks, takes day trips, and enjoys writing, podcasts, and community projects. Her active life informs how she guides people toward realistic, sustainable changes.

How her approaches translate to online work

Susan commonly draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) when meeting online. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping people discover their own goals and strengths. CBT looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and helps build small, practical skills to reduce anxiety or depressive patterns.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Susan treats the choice of methods as collaborative and will adjust based on a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. She starts by talking through what a client hopes to change and then frames short-term steps to try together.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. You can plan appointments around work, caregiving, or school schedules and reduce travel time. If you want to confirm which session formats are available, please check current options before booking so you know what will work best for your routine.