- Person centered
- Goal focused
- Supportive guidance
About Susan
Susan Cockrell is a licensed clinical social worker who offers warm, person-focused therapy. She practices in Arizona and brings five years of experience to sessions. She aims to help people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship struggles. Susan emphasizes practical steps and clear communication to ease overwhelming moments.
Her work often centers on helping people make sense of big life changes. She supports those facing career shifts, caregiving burdens, chronic health concerns, and identity questions. Susan also addresses issues around intimacy, parenting, and self-esteem with straightforward guidance.
In sessions she uses a mix of approaches to match the person in front of her. Techniques come from acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior strategies, and client-centered listening. The aim is to find useful practices that fit day-to-day life rather than jargon or one-size-fits-all methods.
Susan has experience working with LGBTQ people and with clients facing addiction and trauma. She also helps people dealing with caregiver stress, cancer or chronic illness, and blended family challenges. Her style is respectful and nonjudgmental while focused on concrete change.
Clients are invited to talk about what matters most to them and try small experiments between sessions. She encourages clear goals and practical coping skills that can be used at work, at home, or during transitions.
How Susan’s approaches work in online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that align with their values. It can be useful for anxiety, life transitions, and making behavioral changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments, which often reduces distress and improves problem solving.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Susan will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and daily life to decide which strategies to try. She treats the process as collaborative and adjusts techniques based on what is helpful in practice.
Confirm current session options before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use tools learned in session immediately in their own routines, such as practicing behavioral experiments or communication skills between meetings.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist help with?
Susan works with a wide range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, relationship or intimacy struggles, self-esteem, career changes, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is compassionate and person-centered. She blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques to focus on practical coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of experience as a clinician working with diverse concerns including LGBTQ issues, addiction, trauma, and chronic health challenges.
Where does she hold credentials and practice?
She is a licensed clinical social worker with credentials listed as TX LCSW and AZ LCSW and practices in Arizona.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are provided to clients located where her licensure permits practice.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.