Susan Soares, LCSW
Licensed in Indiana · 17 years in practice
Susan Soares is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship strain.
License and registration
- LCSW, Indiana
- 34006853A · expires April 2026
- NPI
- 1447550272 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
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About Susan
Susan Soares is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship strain. She offers a warm, straightforward approach that aims to make therapy feel calm and manageable. Parents and individuals dealing with life changes, parenting challenges, or burnout often seek her help to find steadier footing.
Susan keeps sessions conversational and focused on practical steps. She blends client-centered talking with tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches to help people notice patterns and try different habits.
Background and approach
She also uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when a situation calls for them. Her practice draws on 17 years of experience in a range of settings. That background includes school-based work and supporting adults through mood concerns, trauma, attachment questions, and caregiving stress.
She pays attention to how emotions, relationships, and daily routines interact. In sessions she balances sensitivity with clear direction. People can expect a calm tone, straightforward suggestions, and an emphasis on small, doable changes.
Susan also focuses on body awareness and coping skills so progress is practical and felt, not just talked about. Therapy begins with what matters most to the person seeking help. From there she tailors strategies and follow-up that match the client's goals, whether that means working on communication, managing anxiety, coping after loss, or building healthier habits.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Susan names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the person's priorities. It focuses on building a trusting relationship and helping people clarify what they want to change, which is useful for worries about parenting, relationships, or life transitions.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It teaches practical skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and try new actions, which often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress management.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, adds concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. Those tools can be helpful when emotions feel intense or when relationships keep getting stuck.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. This collaborative stance helps tailor care to individual needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video is useful for deeper conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text work for brief check-ins or when someone prefers writing. These options make it possible to keep momentum between sessions and fit therapy into a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
Susan works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, and burnout. She also supports people facing ADHD-related challenges, bipolar mood concerns, and career transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is relational and relaxed, with a focus on listening and practical steps. She mixes client-centered listening with skills-based approaches to help people try new coping strategies.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 17 years of experience working in varied settings, including school-based roles and adult clinical work supporting mood, trauma, and family-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
Susan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Indiana and provides services to people located in that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
She meets with people via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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