Susan Bramer , LCSW

Susan Bramer is a Florida licensed clinical social worker with twenty years of professional experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, career pressures, and family concerns. She approaches each person as the expert on their own life and offers steady support as they make changes.

Her style is straightforward and practical. She listens to what matters most to the person and then works on clear steps to reduce distress. Sessions often focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying new behaviors that feel doable in daily life.

Susan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which means she and the person work together to notice thoughts and habits that keep problems going. She also draws on experience helping people with relationship and family-of-origin issues, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and end-of-life concerns.

People come to her for help with specific problems like communication breakdowns, divorce and separation stress, feelings of abandonment, or persistent guilt and shame. She also supports those facing isolation, aging-related challenges, and first responder stress.

Her approach is collaborative. She helps set focused goals, tries practical strategies, and checks what is working. The aim is to reduce symptoms that get in the way and to build coping skills that fit the person’s life.

How CBT and online sessions work together

Susan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking and behavior that worsen stress and anxiety. CBT focuses on simple experiments and small behavior changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. It is often useful for grief-related distress, workplace stress, and depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan will talk with each person about their goals, try approaches that match those goals, and adjust plans based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to pick techniques that fit a person’s life and schedule.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls are good for full conversations and visual connection, while phone sessions can fit into a short break or work around bandwidth limits. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework notes, or ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options give flexibility for people who juggle caregiving, work, or health challenges and who need different ways to stay connected with a licensed professional.