- 25 years experience
- Practical strategies
- Values-focused work
About Susan
Susan Urtz is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience. She practices in Florida and brings a steady, practical approach to counseling. Susan focuses on helping people find concrete strategies for daily life challenges.
Susan works with concerns such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, low self-esteem, relationship strain, and addiction. She also helps people coping with grief, career stress, parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue. Her broader interests include adoption and foster care, attachment and blended family issues, chronic illness and pain, and coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
Her approach blends cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and a client-centered attitude. That means she listens first, then helps clients try small, doable changes. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and solution-focused methods when they fit a person's goals.
Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Susan encourages clients to notice what matters to them, set clear next steps, and practice them between meetings. She emphasizes practical progress over long lists of theory.
People who look for straightforward guidance, steady support, and tools they can use right away may find her style suits them. She invites those ready to make changes to begin with a short intake and a plan for moving forward.
Background and approach: Susan has worked for many years in clinical settings and with individual clients and couples. She centers diversity and life experience in her work and aims to help clients build more positive, productive routines. Her counseling blends evidence-informed methods into a whole-person view that connects thoughts, values, and everyday actions.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It often focuses on building willingness to try new actions rather than fighting thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy trains attention to present-moment experience and can reduce reactivity to stressors.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to weigh goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past. Together they try methods and adjust the plan over time so the work feels useful and realistic.
Specific session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and mindfulness practices for remote sessions so the focus stays on practical tools and steady progress.
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Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Florida, North Carolina, Vermont
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Susan helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, ADHD, and addiction issues. She also supports work on relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens first, then helps set small, doable steps using cognitive and mindfulness-based tools.
What is her professional background?
She has 25 years of counseling experience working with individuals, couples, and family systems. Much of her work focuses on helping clients create constructive, real-world solutions.
Which credentials and location are listed?
She holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials and practices in Florida. The profile lists Florida and Vermont licensing designations as FL LMHC and VT LCMHC.
In what languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography. Confirm current session options with the therapist before booking.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.