Therapist profile
Susan Van Wazer, LPC
Missouri
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Life Change
Continue with SusanWhere Susan stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Missouri / 001866
- NPI
- 1427143585
- Experience
- 30 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Missouri
About
- Client-centered work
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Family systems focus
About Susan
Susan Van Wazer is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Missouri with 30 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, family concerns, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, grief, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and related issues including codependency.
Sue draws on family systems ideas to help people see the patterns that keep them stuck. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to translate insights into steps people can practice between sessions. Her approach often looks at how early traumatic experiences continue to affect day-to-day life and relationships.
Her background includes program development, supervision of other therapists, and administrative leadership such as grant work and event coordination. Those roles shaped a practical way of working that values clear goals and measurable change. She has worked in both large cities and small towns across the country.
Sue has experience supporting people coming out of significant life changes and those working on recovery from psychological trauma. She also works with clients addressing career shifts, midlife questions, and women’s issues. Language of work is English and international clients are accepted.
To begin, visitors complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches are used online
Susan commonly combines client-centered methods and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in sessions. Client-centered work means the therapist listens closely and helps people clarify their goals and values. This approach can help people who feel drained by people-pleasing or who need to find clearer personal direction.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers practical techniques for testing unhelpful beliefs and practicing new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and relationship patterns that feel stuck.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. She will help clients and therapists decide which methods fit best based on the person’s goals, needs, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.
The therapist biography does not specify which session formats are offered online. Please confirm the available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so a session can happen between obligations. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, behavioral homework, and mindfulness practices to remote sessions to keep therapy practical and focused.
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Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Susan works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, depression, addictions, grief, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and related concerns such as codependency and life purpose.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style mixes client-centered listening with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and family systems thinking to identify patterns and build practical steps for change.
How long has she practiced?
She has practiced for 30 years in a range of roles including program development and supervising other therapists.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Susan holds LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) credentialing and works from Missouri.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
She accepts international clients. Sessions are conducted in English.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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