Susan Hart
Practical insight to pursue a meaningful life
LPC Missouri
- Experience
- 13 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Intimacy-related issues
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Susan
Susan Hart is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 13 years of practice helping people examine what gets in the way of living a meaningful life.
Background and approach
She guides clients through identifying unhelpful patterns, habits, and thinking errors that often lead to using substances, behaviors, or relationships to numb difficult feelings. Her work emphasizes practical insight and focused change to move toward clearer goals and healthier coping.
In sessions she treats each person as an individual, shaping conversations and tools to match unique needs rather than applying a one-size-fits-all plan. Susan blends cognitive behavioral techniques with existential perspectives to help clients clarify values, challenge automatic thoughts, and take steps that align with what matters to them.
She is experienced addressing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, and a broad range of life adjustments, including self-esteem and self-love work. Located in Missouri, Susan supports clients through a collaborative approach that centers their preferences and pace.
Her goal is to help people recognize and pursue the life they envision by combining practical strategies with reflective exploration.
Online approaches that combine skills and meaning
Susan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop practical strategies for changing behaviors that contribute to stress, anxiety, or addictive coping. CBT offers concrete tools such as thought records and behavioral experiments that can reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.She also draws on Existential Therapy to explore values, purpose, and the choices that shape a person's life. This approach encourages reflection about meaning, responsibility, and personal direction, which can be especially helpful for clients wrestling with life transitions, purpose, or identity concerns.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each client to determine whether skill-focused CBT, reflective existential work, or a combination of both best fits their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy with Susan is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to fit consistent sessions into a busy life and to continue therapeutic momentum between meetings.
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Experience
13+ years
Licensed
Missouri
Languages
English