Susan Sigl
Seasoned counselor blending empathy and practical tools
LPC Wisconsin
- Experience
- 33 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Susan
Susan Sigl is a licensed professional counselor in Wisconsin who brings 33 years of clinical experience to work with people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and related concerns.
Background and approach
She integrates practical strategies and compassionate care to help clients manage symptoms like anger, low self-esteem, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue while also addressing issues such as relationship strain, career transitions, and coping with life changes. Her practice emphasizes collaboration and tailored interventions drawn from client-centered principles and cognitive behavioral approaches.
Sessions focus on understanding each person’s history and current strengths, identifying unhelpful patterns, and developing concrete skills for coping, emotional regulation, and problem solving. Susan also attends to complex intersecting concerns including substance use, domestic violence, family of origin dynamics, adoption and foster care matters, and end-of-life or hospice-related needs.
Conversations are offered in English, and Susan holds a Wisconsin LPC (WI LPC 413-125). She works with people seeking support for topics such as LGBT issues, gender dysphoria, HIV/AIDS, hoarding, and life purpose, aiming to foster clarity, resilience, and practical progress over the course of therapy.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Therapeutic Work
Susan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to practice concrete skills for managing anxiety, depression, addiction-related patterns, and stress. That approach emphasizes short-term, goal-oriented techniques such as cognitive restructuring and behavioral experiments that can be practiced between sessions.
She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the person's own perspective and priorities. This method focuses on building a trusting therapeutic relationship, offering empathic listening, and responding to what matters most to the client as a foundation for change.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Susan will work with each client to explore goals, preferences, and life circumstances and then tailor interventions accordingly, adapting techniques from CBT or client-centered work as needed to fit the individual's needs.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These formats make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or mobility constraints and allow clients to continue therapeutic progress from different locations.
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Experience
33+ years
Licensed
Wisconsin
Languages
English