Susan has been tremendous in helping me navigate difficult family situations. She is a wonderful listener with great insight. Her tone and manner is supportive. Highly recommend!
MA, LMHC Susan Walker
Provides online counseling through BetterHelp
Mental health conditions are real, common and treatable.
And recovery is possible.
Susan Walker is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.
More about me
Licensing: MA, LMHC Years in Practice: 14 State: Massachusetts
Hello! I am so glad you are here and look forward to getting to know you and your goals for therapy. I am a licensed mental health counselor with over 15 years of clinical experience. My interpersonal style is warm, empathetic, and professional. I am highly interested and engaged with the process of understanding and helping. Below is a bit about my background:
Therapy Approach:
My clinical and interpersonal style is warm, casual, empathetic, and always professional. My overarching approach tends to transcend theory and embrace the foundational skills of active listening, gentle redirecting, validation, and staying connected while confronting issues that need attention. I tend to think holistically and spiritually. Theoretical applications I use include Person-Centered, some aspects of Cognitive Behavioral, and Psychodynamic, as each client is multi- layered and more than one theory or technique may be useful. Primarily my theoretical lens is Existential, grounded in the idea that we as human beings are faced with making meaning of our environment, understanding ourselves, and the realization that we can direct our lives. There is challenge in this but also great freedom.
Technical Options:
I am potentially a good match for those who are interested in Live Chat Typing Sessions or Phone Sessions. When I discovered that Video sessions were causing some eye strain and switched to Live Chat Typing Sessions and Phone Sessions I was pleasantly surprised that the richness and texture of therapy was not reduced. In some ways there is even more connection and clarity.
Areas of Clinical Specialty include but aren't limited to the following:
Grief/Bereavement
Pregnancy Loss/Infant Loss
Anxiety
Social Anxiety
Depression
Spiritual Issues
Life Transitions
Career and Professional Concerns
Trauma History
Chronic Illness
Sexuality issues
Parenting Issues
It is often in high pitched pain or struggle that one finds her/his/theirself seeking therapy. I am sensitive to this process and strive always to create a comfortable, relaxed therapeutic space.
My experience includes providing therapy to those with trauma histories at a residential facility, counseling college students with issues of identity, sexuality, and life transitions at a university counseling center, and several years providing therapy to those with anxiety/depression, grief/bereavement, and other issues of clinical concern at an outpatient mental health clinic. I consider it a privilege to help clients from all backgrounds from their place of difficulty to a healthy realization of their goals.
Professional Training:
U-Mass at Amherst B.A in Sociology with minor in Psychology
Lesley University M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Clinical License LMHC
About online counseling
Online counseling allows you to receive care from an online mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Ranging from $60 to $90 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.
Try online counseling with Susan Walker
Chat now- Issues
- Stress Anxiety Grief Parenting issues Depression Coping with life changes LGBT Relationship issues Family conflicts Trauma and abuse Self esteem Career difficulties Compassion fatigue
- Languages Spoken
- English
Services offered
Professional, confidential, and judgment-free
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