Susana Mejia-Vargas, LCSW

Susana Mejia-Vargas is a bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people cope with unresolved trauma and its day-to-day effects. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on four years of clinical experience to guide people through stress, anxiety, grief, and issues with self-esteem. Susana emphasizes listening first and meeting each person where they are.

She explains how trauma can show up as hopelessness, sleep problems, constant irritability, or difficulty managing stress. Susana helps clients make sense of how past events influence current thoughts, feelings, and behavior. She uses practical conversation and reflective listening to build rapport and trust.

Her work often involves adoptees and adoptive families who face grief, identity questions, attachment struggles, or cultural tensions. Susana describes this background as a strength when addressing those specific life challenges. She also supports people dealing with family conflict, caregiver stress, relationship communication problems, and recovery from domestic violence or separation.

In sessions she draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques and focuses on understanding how a person’s body and mind respond to stress. From that starting point, Susana collaborates with clients to develop resilience, healthier coping, and clearer life purpose. She encourages small, realistic steps and the use of support networks.

Deciding to start therapy can feel hard, and Susana emphasizes that taking the first step deserves credit. She welcomes open, honest work that looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors together so clients can move toward improved emotional well-being.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Susana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide her work. Cognitive behavioral approaches focus on identifying thought patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood and replacing them with practical coping strategies to reduce stress and improve daily functioning.

She also uses narrative-informed methods that help people reframe personal stories and find new meaning after loss or trauma. This approach can support work on identity, attachment, and grief by separating a person’s value from painful events.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will learn what matters to the client, discuss options, and adjust methods based on goals and what feels most helpful. Clients are treated as partners in deciding next steps.

The profile does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm available options before booking. Online care often makes it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and keep brief check-ins when schedules are tight. Confirm current session arrangements and scheduling details with the therapist when you match.