Profile / United States
Suzanne Walker, LCMHC
North Carolina
LCMHC - Addictions and Mood Concerns
See online therapy options- CBT techniques
- Motivational interviewing
- Mindfulness work
About Suzanne
Suzanne Walker is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with 18 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, bipolar disorder, depression, and related concerns listed in her specialties. Suzanne uses practical therapy methods to help people manage symptoms and make clearer choices.
Her background includes work in a range of settings. She has provided individual, group, and family counseling and has experience supporting people in medication assisted therapy programs for opioid use. Suzanne has also worked in outpatient community mental health, served on a community support team as a team lead, and managed programs at a treatment center offering individual and group care.
Sessions tend to focus on concrete skills and real-life changes. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new responses. She also uses client-centered approaches to listen and motivational interviewing to support readiness for change.
Suzanne has worked with people ordered to treatment as well as those who sought help voluntarily. Her caseload history includes people with severe and persistent mental illness and those requiring inpatient care at times. She has supported concerns such as trauma, grief, sleep problems, anger, workplace stress, body image, chronic pain and disability, and relationship and intimacy issues.
She offers video sessions and also uses telephone and live chat when that fits a person better. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first appointment through the site.
How Suzanne’s approaches translate to online work
CBT focuses on noticing thoughts and testing different behaviors to reduce distress. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many daily stressors by teaching concrete skills and short experiments. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and building a collaborative relationship so people can set goals and feel heard. Mindfulness therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and help with chronic pain, stress, and emotional ups and downs.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Suzanne will work together with each person to decide which methods fit best for their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to address. That plan can change over time based on what helps and what doesn’t.
The original biography lists video sessions, telephone, and live chat as ways she interacts. Please confirm the exact session formats offered before booking. Online appointments can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also let people use quieter surroundings, avoid being on camera when preferred, or choose a phone conversation when that works better for concentration or bandwidth.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, bipolar disorder, depression, and related issues such as trauma, grief, sleep problems, and relationship concerns.
How would she describe her therapy style?
She uses practical, skill-focused methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques, client-centered approaches, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness practices.
How long has she practiced as a counselor?
She has 18 years of clinical experience in community mental health, outpatient services, and treatment program settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) licensed in North Carolina and practices from that state.
Does she offer services in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted at this time.
What session formats are available?
Her biography notes video sessions, telephone, and live chat as ways she interacts; confirm the current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.