Susan Armes
Calm guidance for life’s difficult moments
LMHC, LPC Florida
- Experience
- 23 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Susan
Susan Armes brings 23 years of clinical experience to people seeking help with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She works from a place of respect and sensitivity, aiming to understand each client's cultural and religious values while shaping conversations and treatment to fit individual needs.
Her background includes work across mood disorders, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, and workplace or women's issues, and she addresses both practical concerns like communication and divorce and deeper matters such as guilt, shame, forgiveness, and life purpose.
Using a range of approaches that include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), client-centered methods, mindfulness, psychodynamic ideas, solution-focused techniques, and trauma-focused strategies, she adapts interventions to the situation at hand. Licensed in Florida and Virginia as an LMHC and LPC, Susan emphasizes collaborative planning so clients can move toward clearer coping skills and more satisfying ways of living.
She encourages reaching out when ready and offers support for taking that first courageous step toward change.
Combining proven approaches with online convenience
Many clients find Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helpful for identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and building practical skills to manage anxiety, depression, panic, and stress. CBT focuses on the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete tools to change patterns that cause distress.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist listens closely and helps clients explore their own goals and values. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and self-compassion techniques that can reduce reactivity and support recovery from trauma and persistent worry.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Susan approaches treatment collaboratively, discussing goals and preferences and adapting techniques - such as CBT exercises, attentive client-centered dialogue, or mindfulness practices - so the plan fits the client's needs and aims.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit regular sessions into busy lives or to continue work while managing schedules and travel. These formats allow licensed professionals to provide consistent, ongoing support while tailoring communication style and tools to each person's comfort and circumstances.
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Experience
23+ years
Licensed
Virginia, Florida
Languages
English