Susan Henry, LISW, LCSW

Susan Henry is a licensed social worker with 25 years of counseling experience. She holds an Iowa Licensed Independent Social Worker credential and a Nevada Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential. Susan aims to make sessions straightforward and approachable for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.

Susan focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. She also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, parenting strain, career stress, and issues that touch identity such as LGBT matters. She uses practical tools to help people manage day-to-day problems and intense emotions.

In sessions she combines clear skills practice with a warm, person-centered stance. That means listening first, then offering exercises and strategies a person can try between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are a common part of her work to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas when they fit a person’s goals.

Susan works with people on both practical coping and deeper patterns that repeat across relationships. She helps people set manageable goals, practice new ways of handling stress, and notice how past experiences affect present choices. Sessions are meant to feel collaborative and respectful.

Her practice supports a wide range of concerns, from sleep and eating problems to chronic pain, caregiving stress, and identity-related struggles. Susan’s style is steady, direct, and compassionate, with an emphasis on tools that can be used outside of session.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It uses practical exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and improve sleep or eating patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify values and take small committed actions even when strong feelings are present; it is useful for stress, chronic pain, and worry. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice and shift ways of relating that cause repeated hurt.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. That process may combine CBT skills, ACT strategies, and attachment-focused listening so the plan fits what a person actually needs.

Online therapy with Susan is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for skills coaching and emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, skill practice, or scheduling checkups. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy routines.