I offer individual online therapy for adults 18 years and older who are experiencing mental health issues related to life transitions including grief and loss, change in lifestyles, family dynamic changes and other typical and potentially stressful life transitions.

Over my 37+ years in the field, I have been searching for what modality of therapy will best serve those seeking mental health services.

What I have found, and psychotherapeutic research has proved, is the therapist is the key change ingredient in most successful therapy. Therapy can provide a space where a person is listened, felt, and experienced at such a concentrated level of sharing with emphasis on every aspect of communication.

I believe the qualities of an ideal therapist is one who can listen intensely, be nonjudgmental, ego subordinate and unconditionally present. The therapist demonstrates and models how to struggle against seemingly destructive personality habits and how to live more open and less defensively.

The therapist presenting as an authentic person that clients can feel comfortable enough with to be open and self-revealing will be key to an optimal therapeutic relationship.

“Effective therapists do not attempt to fit their clients into a particular theoretical model; instead, they try to learn from them and in effect, gradually develop a uniquely personal psychological theory for each individual.” -Robert Firestone, PhD

In other words, the client is the “expert” concerning their lives. This expertise may be unconscious. Through therapy with an open and self-aware therapist, the process becomes a journey of helping the client, within the therapeutic relationship, to be more conscious, therefore empowered to pursue a healthier lifestyle. This requires a therapist to interact in the relationship not only intellectually, but also intuitively.

I use elements of somatoemotional release, psychodynamic and feminist psychotherapies to help inform the work that is done, but primarily the client is the therapy and present moment focus is always on the forefront of the therapeutic process.

Suzi is an experienced Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Therapist with over 30 years of experience. She has worked in Medical Hospitals both with children and adults, Crisis Intervention, School Social Work, Grief and Bereavement, and both Mental/Behavioral Health in Arizona and Minnesota. She opened her own private practice in 2015 and works with clients and patients in both the office, in assisted living, and nursing homes. She is a mother of two and married for over thirty-two years. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Sociology, and Child-Family Relations and then completed her graduate degree in Social Work with a specialization in Child Welfare from Arizona State University.  She feels privileged to work with wonderful clients, patients, and staff.

Individual Therapy

Family Therapy

Couple Therapy

Trauma Therapy

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I have been licensed as a mental health counselor since 2001 and in private practice since 2011. I see adolescents, adults, and couples. I am a trauma-informed therapist and work with people who have had childhood experiences of disruption, neglect, and abuse, as well as people who have experienced a more recent traumatic event.

I specialize in Grief and Loss support. I see individuals and couples (online and in person); and I facilitate local and online support groups for grief and loss. Current groups are listed on my Psychology Today profile.

Other topics and issues I can help with include: life transitions (midlife, launching, retirement), social anxiety, generalized anxiety, depression, adoption, family dynamics, parenting, boundary setting, work relationships, and stress.