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Susan Shouse

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Susan Shouse, LMSW

Michigan

Licensed LMSW - Anger and Mood Concerns

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Key details

  • CredentialsLMSW
  • LicenseLMSW, Michigan / 6801072025
  • NPI1780654277
  • Experience26 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationMichigan

About

  • CBT techniques
  • Mindfulness practice
  • Solution-focused work

About Susan

Susan Shouse is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in Michigan with 26 years of practice. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting struggles, and anger. She also helps people facing relationship strain, grief, life changes, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.

Susan keeps sessions practical and focused. She listens to what’s happening now and helps people spot patterns that keep problems repeating. She uses straightforward tools to reduce overwhelm, manage strong feelings, and build better habits in daily life.

Her work draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques to make thoughts and actions clearer. Mindfulness strategies are used to steady attention and reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods help when someone wants to change behaviors or set concrete goals.

Susan often supports people coping with trauma, addiction, ADHD, and career stress. She also addresses issues like body image, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and blended family challenges. The aim is to create practical steps clients can try between sessions.

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Clients will find direct feedback, skill practice, and planning for real-life situations. To begin, she asks about current struggles and what the client wants to accomplish, then together they decide on next steps.

How sessions work

How these approaches translate to online sessions

Susan draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness in her practice. Client-centered work focuses on listening closely and shaping goals around what the person wants to change. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors to find practical shifts that reduce anger and anxiety. Mindfulness exercises train attention and help slow reactivity so decisions feel less automatic.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that suit their daily life, and adjust based on what helps. The process is collaborative and paced by the client’s needs and preferences.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins between commitments, and remove travel time. They also let people practice new skills in the context of their everyday routines while still getting structured feedback from a licensed professional.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsFamily conflictsDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDependent personalityDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

26+ years

Listed in

Michigan

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of anger concerns does she address?

She works with adults who snap at loved ones, feel building resentment, or struggle with workplace frustration. Anger is listed among many areas she supports.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style is practical and client-centered, with a focus on clear skills and goal-setting. She combines conversation, feedback, and exercises to change unhelpful patterns.

How much experience does she have?

She has 26 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, addiction, and trauma.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is an LMSW, listed as MI LMSW, and practices in Michigan.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin a first session?

Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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