Susan Ridenour, LCSW, LSCSW

Susan Ridenour is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Missouri (LCSW) and a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker in Kansas (LSCSW) with 35 years of clinical experience. She works mainly with adults and focuses on relationships, grief, career questions, coping with life changes, and coaching. Sessions address practical problems people bring from day to day.

Susan draws on long experience in health care and community settings. She has worked across the lifespan and in leadership roles in large healthcare organizations, which gives her experience with workplace dynamics and employee assistance program situations. That background also shapes the way she discusses career stress and transitions.

Her approach mixes several ways of working. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Client-Centered Therapy and Existential ideas guide conversations about meaning and personal responsibility.

In sessions she uses practical tools such as worksheets and journaling to support work outside of appointments. She offers coaching-style conversations when clients want direct guidance on steps to try between meetings. She also helps people sort through family of origin concerns, communication problems, codependency patterns, and caregiving strain.

People who prefer straightforward, skill-based therapy often find this approach useful. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking and follow the site's instructions to schedule an initial meeting.

How Susan uses ACT, CBT and client-centered work online