Susan Charney, LCSW

Susan Charney is an Arizona Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 26 years of experience. She works with adults facing relationship and intimacy struggles, self-esteem problems, anxiety, depression, grief, and codependency concerns. Sessions also address career stress, parenting strain, and challenges after major life changes.

Susan uses straightforward conversation and practical tools. She helps people untangle repeating patterns that leave them putting others first. She guides clients to name what they need, set clearer boundaries, and notice how old habits show up in daily life.

Her approach draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques. In session she listens for the thoughts and behaviors that keep someone stuck, then helps test small changes. She also uses mindfulness practices to help calm anxiety and trauma-focused techniques when past events keep affecting present choices.

Susan often works with people coping with caregiving stress, chronic illness, blended family dynamics, and fertility or cancer-related concerns. She supports those dealing with family of origin issues, divorce or separation, and first responder stress. She also helps people managing body image, eating concerns, and aging-related transitions.

Practical coaching is part of her work when clients want concrete steps for career or life transitions. To get started she asks about current struggles and goals, and then suggests an initial plan to test in real life. Sessions are aimed at helping people gain clearer choices and steadier footing in everyday relationships.

How her approaches translate to remote sessions