Susan Armes, LMHC, LPC

Susan Armes welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or major life changes. She focuses on relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, and day-to-day coping. Susan writes plans with each person so sessions address the issues that matter most to them.

Susan holds licenses as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor. She has 23 years of clinical experience supporting people through panic, mood shifts, social anxiety, and workplace strain. Her approach is respectful of cultural and religious beliefs and is tailored to each person's needs.

In sessions she mixes conversational, practical work with deeper reflection. She uses client-centered methods to follow what a person brings, cognitive behavioral techniques to shift thinking patterns, and mindfulness tools to manage overwhelming feelings. Solution-focused steps help set small, reachable goals between meetings.

Susan also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at recurring patterns that affect current relationships. She aims to help people notice patterns, try different responses, and practice new ways of relating. Forgiveness, guilt, and life purpose are addressed with care and plain language.

Susan encourages people who are nervous about starting therapy to take a single small step toward change. She meets people where they are and works with them to build clearer communication, calmer reactions, and more satisfying connections.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following each person's concerns. Online sessions let a therapist respond to what a person brings and shape the conversation around their priorities. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through a relationship or life change.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, uses clear steps to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In an online session a therapist can coach thought-challenging exercises, set between-session tasks, and review progress together. Mindfulness therapy adds short grounding practices to manage anxiety and panic symptoms during everyday moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can shift over time as priorities change and new challenges appear.

Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since format details are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. It also supports ongoing practice of skills learned in sessions so people can apply them in their daily lives.