Susan Yvette Underwood, LPC

Susan Yvette Underwood is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people find clearer direction, build self-esteem, and navigate major life changes, including midlife transitions. Susan has a long history of supporting LGBTQ+ clients and those facing trauma or eating-related concerns.

Susan uses a compassionate, collaborative style in sessions. She helps people talk through social anxiety, panic, and post-traumatic stress in plain language. Work often includes identifying unhelpful patterns, practicing new ways to cope, and improving communication with others.

Clients come for help with shame, guilt, and feelings of emptiness. Susan also addresses family of origin issues, codependency, and relationship communication problems. She supports people dealing with aging concerns, HIV/AIDS related issues, and the sexual diversity of kink and BDSM culture.

Sessions aim to strengthen a person’s sense of purpose and practical coping skills. Susan guides people through decision points and the uncertainty that comes with big life shifts. She frames progress as small steps toward clearer values and steadier routines.

Susan works in Arizona and offers services in English. Her experience includes two decades of direct clinical work with adults across many life stages. Prospective clients are encouraged to use the site’s matching process to begin the scheduling steps.

Approaches that guide online care

Susan’s practice uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage anxiety, trauma, and difficult life transitions. For trauma-related difficulties she focuses on stabilizing symptoms and building coping skills so daily life becomes more manageable. For anxiety and panic she emphasizes practical strategies such as breathing and grounding exercises, behavioral steps to reduce avoidance, and rehearsal of new responses.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan collaborates with each person to identify what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try methods, check what helps, and adjust the plan rather than assuming one route will work for everyone.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Many people find online care helps fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel, allowing sessions during a work break, or making it easier to keep regular appointments. Licensed professionals can offer focused talk therapy, symptom management, and skills practice that translate into everyday life, and Susan will help decide which format best supports your goals.