SUSAN SCHANEN
Compassionate, practical therapy for lasting change
LCSW Florida
- Experience
- 25 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Depression
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Languages
- English
About SUSAN
SUSAN SCHANEN is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with 25 years of clinical experience. She has supported people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse, and she has additional experience related to adoption and foster care.
Background and approach
Her practice emphasizes practical strategies drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy alongside trauma-focused methods to address both current symptoms and the impacts of past events. Her manner is described as warm, interactive, and respectful, avoiding stigmatizing labels while tailoring conversations and treatment plans to each person’s specific situation.
She focuses on collaboration, helping clients identify goals and building tools they can use between sessions. The aim is to empower clients to make meaningful changes at a pace that fits their needs.
Susan frames seeking help as an act of courage and offers support that blends compassion with clear therapeutic techniques. She provides services through a variety of online session formats and works with clients who live in Florida, bringing decades of experience to each therapeutic relationship.
Practical Approaches for Online Healing
CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors. It uses structured exercises and skill-building to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to create concrete coping strategies for day-to-day challenges.Trauma-Focused Therapy centers on understanding how traumatic experiences influence emotions, beliefs, and reactions. This approach combines techniques to process distressing memories with strategies to improve safety, emotional regulation, and resilience after trauma.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Susan works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She tailors the work over time, combining elements of different approaches when that best supports progress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to access care amid busy schedules or geographic constraints. These formats allow consistent contact and the ability to practice new skills between sessions, while scheduling can be adjusted to match life demands and the therapist’s availability.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
25+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English