Susan Soares, LCSW

Susan Soares is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Indiana who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, and midlife transitions. She brings 17 years of practice to sessions and aims to create a calm, approachable space where people feel heard. Her manner is warm and relational, blending sensitivity with clear guidance.

She uses straightforward conversation to uncover what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on practical steps - improving communication, managing intense emotions, building routines, and setting realistic goals. Susan pays attention to how body sensations, thoughts, and daily habits connect to mood and coping.

Susan draws on Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize the person’s perspective and pace. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Mindfulness techniques and Motivational Interviewing help people increase awareness and stay motivated for change.

Her background includes school-based work and experience with a wide range of diagnoses, such as PTSD, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. That variety shapes a flexible approach that adapts to different life situations, including family stress, relationship struggles, and career uncertainty.

Susan encourages practical healing of mind, body, and spirit, and she aims to support people through realistic, step-by-step changes. When someone is ready to begin, she offers steady guidance and collaborative planning to move toward clearer days.

How these approaches guide online care

Susan uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person’s goals and pace, helping people feel heard and steering conversations from their priorities. This approach supports work on relationship concerns, parenting stress, and life transitions by centering the client’s own perspective.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. CBT offers concrete tools for managing anxiety, depression, and anger by changing unhelpful thinking and building new habits.

Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. Susan will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try strategies together and adjust as needed. Her aim is to match practical skills and reflective conversation to what actually helps in daily life.

Confirm current online session options before booking, since the biography does not list specific formats. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so sessions can happen between work or caregiving responsibilities. Licensed professionals can adapt mindfulness, CBT exercises, and DBT skills practice to virtual meetings while helping clients apply them between sessions.