- Anger management topics
- Cognitive behavioral tools
- Client-centered approach
About Susan
Susan Ryder is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Maine with 17 years of experience. She works with adults who are coping with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She also helps people facing anger, addiction concerns, parenting pressures, grief, and intimacy-related issues.
Susan draws on straightforward, person-focused therapy. She treats the person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are conversational and practical. Clients look at how thoughts, actions, and situations keep problems going and try small changes to see what helps.
Her background includes approaches such as client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and motivational interviewing. She uses narrative and solution-focused tools too, depending on the concern. This blend is used to help people clarify goals, shift unhelpful thinking, and change repetitive patterns.
Susan is familiar with issues that come from caregiving, blended families, first responder stress, and aging or end-of-life concerns. She also works with relationship problems, communication difficulties, and losses tied to illness or separation. She can help people address process addictions and seasonal mood shifts.
Practical steps are emphasized in sessions. Clients are invited to try coping strategies between meetings and then review what was useful. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session through the therapist's online options.
How Susan's approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on your perspective and strengths. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people notice their own solutions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and offers practical strategies to test new responses and reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing helps clarify what you want to change and strengthens your own reasons for taking steps forward.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals and preferences and suggest methods to try. Together you can adjust the plan when something is not helping and pick tools that fit your life and pace.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when people need brief support. It can also let people use fewer video resources when bandwidth is limited. Ask about format choices when you complete the short matching questionnaire to decide what will work in your routine.
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Maine
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, anger, addictions, grief, parenting issues, and related concerns.
Which therapeutic style does she use?
She uses client-centered therapy along with cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, and solution-focused techniques depending on the issue.
How much professional experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional work experience supporting adults with a wide range of concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds the credential ME LCPC and practices in Maine.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.