Susan Zapatha, LMHC

Susan Zapatha is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 28 years of experience. She works with adults on relationship strain, family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting stress, anxiety, addictions, and codependency. Susan also supports people facing sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, career stress, mood disorders, and life transitions.

Susan keeps sessions straightforward. She listens for how patterns show up in daily life. Then she helps people notice the choices they keep repeating. Conversations focus on clear steps people can try between sessions to test new ways of relating and coping.

Her approach draws on attachment-informed work and client-centered principles. That means attention to how early bonds shape current relationships, and an emphasis on the person's experience in the room. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to identify unhelpful thinking and build practical skills that reduce anxiety and improve sleep and mood.

Susan has worked across community and clinical settings over nearly three decades. Her practice includes helping people manage caregiving stress, chronic illness, adoption and foster care issues, and challenges tied to neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome. She also addresses abandonment, commitment, communication, and control issues that often underlie codependent patterns.

Sessions aim to be direct and respectful. Susan helps people notice what keeps them putting others first, name goals, and try new behaviors that protect their needs while staying connected to people who matter.

How her approaches translate to online work