Dr. Susan Wise, LPC

Dr. Susan Wise is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 16 years of practical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, sleep problems, and relationship concerns. She also supports people facing parenting strain, career stress, compassion fatigue, and issues related to LGBT identity. Her style is respectful and straightforward. She tailors conversations and plans to each person's needs. Sessions focus on everyday thoughts and habits and on building useful skills people can use between meetings. Dr. Wise draws on a range of approaches to match what a person needs. She often uses cognitive behavioral ideas to notice and change unhelpful thinking. She also works with acceptance and commitment concepts to clarify values and take workable steps toward them. Attachment-based ideas inform how she looks at relationship patterns and emotional safety. Dialectical behavior therapy tools may be used to manage strong emotions and improve coping. Client-centered principles guide a collaborative, nonjudgmental tone in the room. She has additional focus on hoarding, hospice and end-of-life concerns, jealousy, veteran and armed forces issues, and multicultural matters. Sessions are offered in English and Esperanto, and she accepts international clients. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling follow the Start Therapy button.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small, concrete steps toward those values. It focuses on changing how someone relates to thoughts rather than trying to eliminate them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at everyday thoughts and habits and helps people test and change patterns that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep difficulties. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice can shift over time as needs change, and sessions will focus on what is most useful in everyday life. The original profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use skills learned in session directly in their daily routines, which can help transfer habits from therapy into everyday life.