Susan Van Wazer, LPC

Susan Van Wazer is an LPC licensed in Missouri with 30 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career issues, bipolar concerns, coaching, and compassion fatigue.

Susan favors a straightforward approach that looks at repeating patterns. She notices thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that keep people stuck and helps them try different responses. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one tool she uses to guide practical change. She also draws on client-centered listening and existential questions to clarify values and choices.

Her background includes program development, supervision of other therapists, and administrative leadership such as grant and event management. She has worked in large cities and small towns across the country, bringing that variety of settings into how she understands life transitions and stressors.

Susan works with people who have survived traumatic childhood experiences and who find those memories still affecting daily life. She pays attention to family patterns and codependency that influence relationships and decisions. When appropriate she introduces mindfulness practices to help regulate emotions and attention.

Susan aims for practical steps in sessions. She helps people set clear goals, track what changes help, and adjust strategies when needed. The focus is on noticing unhelpful patterns and experimenting with more effective responses.

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