Susan Soares

Susan Soares is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Indiana who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions. She writes in a warm, down-to-earth way and aims to create a calm space where people feel heard. Susan supports adults facing depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, grief, and other difficult life moments.

With 17 years of experience, Susan blends practical skills with a relational approach. She uses Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside client-centered methods to follow each person's pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness tools are part of her toolbox when people need concrete strategies for emotion regulation, coping, and behavior change.

Sessions are conversational and grounded. Susan aims to balance sensitivity with clear guidance so clients can try new ways of handling problems. She often focuses on how thoughts, behaviors, and body reactions connect when addressing issues like anxiety, trauma, or anger.

Susan also helps people tackle parenting challenges, attachment and abandonment worries, blended family stress, caregiver strain, and communication or commitment concerns. She brings experience from school-based and adult settings to inform practical supports for daily life.

People who choose Susan can expect straightforward goals, skill practice, and attention to emotional safety. She encourages clients to include body and spirit when healing, not only thoughts. To begin, she invites prospective clients to take the first step and move toward the changes they want.

Approaches for trauma, thought patterns, and present coping

Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process distressing events and reduce trauma-related symptoms by focusing on safe, paced ways to revisit difficult memories and learn new coping skills. Client-Centered Therapy concentrates on listening and following the client's concerns, offering support and acceptance so people can find their own solutions and pacing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and practicing alternative responses to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change patterns that cause problems.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That may mean mixing approaches over time or trying skills-based practices in some weeks and deeper processing in others.

For practical matters, confirm the session formats offered before booking so the logistics match your life. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use practices like mindfulness or CBT homework in their everyday setting right after a session. Talk with the therapist about what will work best for your routine and treatment goals.