Susan Williams , LCSW

Susan Williams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and life changes. She works with people facing mood concerns, trauma and abuse, addictions, and questions about identity and intimacy. Her style is direct but warm, aimed at helping people feel steadier in day-to-day life.

Susan uses simple, practical methods in sessions. She helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also pays attention to how early attachments and patterns shape current relationships. Sessions focus on small, concrete steps that add up to real change.

Her background includes long-term clinical work in Wisconsin settings. Susan holds a Master’s degree in social work and practices as an LCSW. Over twenty years she has worked with people dealing with depression, bipolar concerns, caregiving stress, and co-occurring issues such as substance use and anxiety.

Susan often integrates mindfulness skills and strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce overwhelm and improve coping. She also draws on client-centered principles to keep sessions grounded in each person’s priorities. That mix helps people manage emotions, improve communication, and refocus on meaningful goals.

People who choose Susan usually want practical tools and a straightforward approach. She supports parents stressed by caregiving demands, folks rebuilding after relationships end, and anyone navigating body image, career stress, or identity questions. Her work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

Approach and online options for therapy

Susan often uses attachment-based approaches to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That work can help with intimacy issues, abandonment concerns, and family-of-origin problems by tracing where patterns began and trying new ways of relating in present relationships. She also relies on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test different behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Susan will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit your needs. Therapy is collaborative - you and she decide together which tools to try and when to adjust the plan based on what helps most.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video works well for full-session conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in fits your day. Live chat and text messaging let you send short updates, check in between sessions, or have brief coaching-style contact when a quick touchpoint is useful. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and busy lives.