Susan Soares

Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions

LCSW Indiana

Experience: 17 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Parenting
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Susan

Susan Soares is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Indiana with 17 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family challenges, grief, and issues such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, anger, and career concerns.

Background and approach

Her work also covers parenting concerns, intimacy-related issues, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and a range of attachment and family-of-origin difficulties. Her approach blends cognitive behavioral therapy with client-centered and mindfulness-informed techniques, and she draws on skills from dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing to tailor care to each person.

Susan emphasizes a warm, relational style that balances sensitivity with clear direction, aiming to help clients feel heard while learning practical tools to manage symptoms and improve daily functioning. She describes therapy as a partnership and focuses on healing across mind, body, and spirit to support meaningful, sustainable change.

Susan offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She works with a variety of diagnoses and concerns and invites people ready to make a change to begin the intake process and schedule according to her availability.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Many clients find that combining practical skills with a supportive relationship helps them move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression and build coping strategies. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an accepting, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist offers empathy and support to help clients explore their concerns and define their own goals. Dialectical Behavior Therapy contributes concrete skills for regulating intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress when life feels overwhelming.

Determining the right mix of approaches is part of the collaborative process. The therapist works together with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and then adapts techniques from CBT, client-centered work, DBT, and mindfulness to create a personalized plan for therapy.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to attend regularly, integrate skills between sessions, and maintain continuity of care when life demands change.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Susan address in therapy?

Susan works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, grief, ADHD, bipolar disorder, anger, career issues, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style and approach?

Her style is relational and warm, blending client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, DBT skills, and motivational interviewing to balance sensitivity with practical strategies.

What is her clinical background and experience?

She has 17 years of experience as a therapist and has worked across settings with clients managing a variety of diagnoses and life challenges.

What credentials does she hold and where is she based?

Susan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the Indiana license number IN LCSW 34006853A and practices in Indiana.

Does she provide services in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available with her?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different communication preferences and schedules.

How are costs and payment handled for sessions?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What is the process for beginning therapy with her?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuseParenting issuesSelf esteem Depression

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shame Impulsivity Isolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disorders Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

17+ years

Licensed

Indiana

Languages

English