Susan Jentoft , LPC

Susan Jentoft is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, or big life changes. Her work often centers on relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, addictions, and issues with sleep or eating.

Susan uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She listens carefully and helps clients identify small, doable steps to feel better. Sessions commonly cover communication skills, managing anger, improving self-esteem, and coping strategies for ADHD or compassion fatigue.

Clients meet a therapist who values each person’s story and cultural background. Susan aims to create a calm space where people can sort through emotions and set attainable goals. She often blends mindful practices with cognitive tools to reduce unhelpful thinking patterns and increase present-moment awareness.

Over her career she has worked with a wide range of concerns from career stress to trauma and abuse, as well as longer-term issues like bipolar disorder and substance misuse. She also addresses topics related to aging, body image, blended family dynamics, and caregiving stress.

Susan offers flexible session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She is located in Mississippi and conducts therapy in English, and she is open to international clients when scheduling allows.

Approaches that translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It supports values-driven actions so someone can move toward what matters even when emotions are strong. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression. It often includes short exercises to practice between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s experience at the center, with the therapist offering empathic listening and support so clients can find their own solutions.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they will try methods that fit the problem and adjust the plan if something isn’t working.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth work and body language cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text let people send short messages or work through thoughts between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy week or to keep continuity when travel or relocation occurs.