About Susan
Susan Broderick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois with 20 years of professional experience. She combines a warm, encouraging presence with evidence-informed strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, and related concerns such as ADHD and bipolar disorder.
Background and approach
Her approach emphasizes creating a nonjudgmental space where clients can explore thoughts and feelings and work toward clearer goals and greater emotional balance.
Using a blend of client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, and solution-focused tools, Susan supports individuals tackling issues like chronic pain and illness, impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, life purpose and midlife transitions, panic and social anxiety, pregnancy and childbirth challenges, and women’s health concerns.
She frames therapy as a collaborative process, helping clients build practical skills while honoring personal values and experiences. Susan encourages anyone taking the step toward therapy and aims to make the initial connection straightforward and respectful.
She invites prospective clients to begin the matching process and schedule sessions based on mutual availability, with the goal of fostering sustainable change and a healthier sense of well-being.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, empathetic stance where the client’s perspective guides the work; this approach helps people feel heard and supports exploration of values and emotional experience. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering practical strategies useful for managing anxiety, mood symptoms, panic, and related concerns. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on clear, achievable goals and builds on existing strengths to create forward momentum in shorter-term work.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Susan collaborates with each person to determine which methods best align with their goals, needs, and preferences. She combines approaches as appropriate and revisits the plan together to ensure it remains useful and relevant throughout treatment.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats make it easier to schedule regular care around daily life, support continuity when travel or location are factors, and offer several ways to engage depending on comfort and communication style.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English