Dr. Suzanne Degges-White

Dr. Suzanne Degges-White helps people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. She welcomes conversations about anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, parenting stress, career questions, and life changes. Her style aims to be respectful and down-to-earth so people can talk honestly about what they are facing.

She holds LCMHC and LCPC credentials and has 24 years of professional experience. Suzanne believes each person knows their story best and already has strengths to build on. She offers steady, practical guidance while people decide what changes to make and how to try them.

In sessions she uses a human-centered approach and borrows techniques from several methods. You might work on changing thoughts and behaviors, try mindfulness practices, or do brief writing and reading assignments between meetings. Therapy often includes small tasks to practice new habits and test different perspectives.

Suzanne focuses on helping people manage life stressors, transitions, and relationship challenges. She also helps with identity-related concerns and issues that affect intimacy and self-worth. The goal is to increase a person’s sense of agency so decisions feel clearer and more doable.

Her work emphasizes collaboration. She listens for what matters most to each person, and then suggests options that fit their goals, values, and daily life. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she offers practical support through that process.

Approaches that translate to online work

Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process difficult past events in focused ways and can include grounding, pacing, and learning ways to manage strong emotions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical skills for noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, collaborative relationship where the therapist listens and reflects so the person can find their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with each client to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and everyday life. That conversation may lead to using one approach more, or mixing techniques to match what the person is trying to change.

For practical matters, confirm available session formats before booking since options are not listed here. 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 written exercises, journaling, and other between-session tasks conveniently. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to work well in remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.