About Susan
Susan Blanchard is a licensed counselor who brings four years of clinical experience to her practice in Illinois.
Background and approach
She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and works with people facing a range of concerns including LGBT issues, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, stress, ADHD, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, parenting and self-esteem.
Her work also addresses career questions and life transitions, and she has additional focus in areas such as kink and alternative sex culture, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and polyamory or non-monogamous relationship challenges. Her approach centers on tailoring therapy to each person’s needs, drawing on evidence-based tools to build practical skills and clarify values.
She integrates techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy alongside existential and solution-focused perspectives to help clients navigate mood disorders, communication struggles, codependency, and midlife or identity concerns.
Susan aims to create a respectful, compassionate environment where people can explore goals, process loss or change, and strengthen coping strategies for both everyday stressors and deeper emotional wounds.
Therapeutic Approaches and How They Fit Online
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and builds practical strategies to change behaviors and mood, making it useful for depression, anxiety, stress, and many mood disorders. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) focuses on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness, offering skills that can be applied when coping with intense emotions, relationship challenges, or self-harm urges.Finding the right approach is part of the collaborative work between therapist and client. The clinician will discuss goals, preferences, and symptoms to choose or blend methods that match each person’s needs, reviewing progress and adjusting techniques as therapy unfolds.
Online sessions provide flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules or maintain continuity during life changes. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver structured skill-building and reflective conversation while accommodating different comfort levels and access needs.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Wisconsin, Illinois
- Languages
- English