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Sus Austill

Empathetic, experienced CBT-informed therapist

LCSW Florida

Experience
37 years in practice
Focus areas
Addictions, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English, Danish
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About Sus

Sus Austill draws on client-centered and cognitive behavioral principles to help people navigate difficult life chapters. She integrates mindfulness and narrative techniques with practical tools from motivational interviewing to support change and build coping skills.

Background and approach

With a long history of working in mental health and substance use settings, she brings a pragmatic, empathetic approach that values each persons story and strengths. Sus has an LCSW and more than three decades of professional experience in outpatient, residential, and inpatient care, combined with many years of personal recovery and parenting.

Those life and clinical experiences inform her flexible style, which blends structured approaches like CBT with reflective listening, genograms, and recovery-based strategies. She has worked extensively with trauma, addiction, ADHD, mood disorders, grief, relationship and family issues, and concerns related to identity and marginalization.

Practicing from Florida, she offers services in English and Danish and accepts international clients. Her practice emphasizes collaboration - listening first, then tailoring interventions to the persons needs whether the goal is symptom reduction, improved relationships, or greater resilience amid life change.

Integrating evidence-based approaches with flexible online care

Sus emphasizes cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, a practical method that can help with anxiety, depression, addiction-related behaviors, and coping with life changes. She also uses client-centered therapy which focuses on empathetic listening and supporting a persons self-directed growth through acceptance and collaboration. Mindfulness therapy is woven into sessions to develop present-moment awareness, emotional regulation, and stress reduction skills that often complement other strategies.

Finding the best therapeutic approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works with clients to explore goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful in early sessions, then adapts methods over time so treatment reflects the persons needs and pace rather than a fixed protocol.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving, or geographic constraints. These options allow continuity of care and make it easier to access ongoing support and practical tools from a licensed professional regardless of location.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a wide range of issues including addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, mood disorders, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centered and pragmatic, often using cognitive behavioral techniques alongside mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative methods to tailor care to each persons needs.
What is her professional background?
She brings 37 years of experience in mental health and substance use work across outpatient, residential, and inpatient settings, plus long-term personal recovery and parenting experience.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Florida with licence number FL LCSW SW11374 and sees clients from that state while accepting international participants.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Danish, and she does accept international clients who can work in those languages.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered 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, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

AddictionsLGBTTrauma and abuseGriefADHD

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

CancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

37+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English, Danish