Susan Cockrell, LCSW

Susan Cockrell is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with five years of practice. She focuses on thoughts and everyday habits to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and life changes. Her style is compassionate and straightforward, aimed at practical steps people can use between sessions.

Susan creates an affirming space for people to talk through identity, sexuality, and relationship concerns. She also supports those facing health challenges, caregiving stress, and career transitions. Sessions aim to build clearer communication and steadier daily routines.

Her approach blends acceptance-based work with practical cognitive tools. That means noticing difficult feelings while also trying new behaviors that fit values and goals. Susan uses techniques that help challenge unhelpful thoughts and strengthen coping skills in everyday life.

She has experience addressing addiction, grief, trauma, and intimacy-related issues. Additional focus areas include body image, blended family concerns, chronic illness, and first responder stress. This range lets her help people with overlapping problems rather than treating each issue in isolation.

Susan practices in Arizona and holds LCSW licensure in Texas and Arizona. She conducts sessions in English and centers the client’s goals when planning next steps. If someone wants a direct, down-to-earth approach to change, she works to make therapy useful and manageable.

To begin, Susan asks people to identify small, achievable changes and builds from there. Therapy here is paced to match a person’s life, with attention to both immediate coping and longer-term patterns.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Susan uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as core influences in her work. ACT focuses on helping people notice and make room for difficult thoughts and feelings while taking actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether acceptance-based strategies, cognitive tools, or a mix will best support day-to-day changes.

If you prefer online options, confirm the specific session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let people practice new skills in the settings where they live and work, which can help transfer coping strategies into everyday habits.