Susann Adams, LCSW-C

Susann Adams is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) licensed in Maryland with 25 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and depression. Her practice also addresses related concerns such as codependency, abandonment, guilt and shame, and isolation.

She approaches sessions with a focus on what each person brings to the room. She uses Client-Centered methods to listen and follow the client’s priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are used when clients want concrete skills to manage intense feelings or patterns of behavior.

Susann supports people who are dealing with substance use by allowing harm-reduction paths as well as abstinence goals. She will work with someone who is still using while building toward their treatment goals, and she offers brief check-ins when anxiety makes longer sessions difficult.

Her background includes military service and work with veterans, plus experience as a treatment provider within the legal system. That history informs how she talks about trauma, addiction, and systems that affect recovery.

Sessions focus on practical steps, skill building, and telling the client’s story in a way that can change how they respond to stress and relationships. The aim is to set realistic goals and work toward them at a pace the client can manage.

How her approaches work in online sessions