Susan Jacobsen , LPC

Susan Jacobsen, LPC, brings 28 years of counseling experience and a calm, direct style to sessions. She focuses on trauma, grief, infertility and women's issues while also helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and major life changes. She often uses creative tools alongside talking to help clients reach feelings that are hard to name.

Susan blends a client-centered approach with mindfulness and trauma-focused methods. That means she listens closely, follows the client's lead, and uses mindfulness practices and trauma work to help process painful memories and strong emotions. She likes to include art-based work when it fits, because drawing or making can move feelings forward faster than words alone.

Her background includes many years in mental health and a foundation in art therapy. Susan has both personal and professional experience with pregnancy loss, miscarriage, and fertility challenges, and she applies that lived knowledge sensitively when supporting people through those concerns. She also supports people facing postpartum depression and parenting strain.

Sessions are straightforward and practical. Expect breathing and grounding exercises, gentle exploration of past experiences, and hands-on tasks such as visual or creative exercises. She helps clients build skills they can use between sessions to manage anxiety, anger, or low mood.

Susan lives in Colorado and values time outdoors with family, hiking, paddleboarding, and yoga. This practical, down-to-earth perspective guides her work and how she helps people find a steadier path forward.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Client-centered therapy puts the person at the center of each session. The therapist follows your lead, listens closely, and helps you set the pace so work happens at a comfortable speed. This approach is useful when someone needs a steady, respectful space to make sense of their feelings.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelm and calm the body. It can help with anxiety, stress, and the emotional fallout of trauma by offering tools to return to the present moment during hard moments. Trauma-focused therapy targets the memories and reactions tied to past harm and uses gradual, guided methods to process those experiences and reduce their hold on daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be a collaborative effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together you can try different techniques and adjust the focus as needs change.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversational work, phone can be quieter and use less bandwidth, live chat or text messaging can work well for short check-ins or reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on steady progress and practical coping skills.