Susan Russell, LPC
Michigan · 11 years in practice
Susan Russell is a Licensed Professional Counselor with eleven years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship concerns.
License and registration
- LPC, Michigan
- 6401013753 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1184045379 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Susan
Susan Russell is a Licensed Professional Counselor with eleven years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship concerns. She works in Michigan and focuses on practical steps that fit each person's life. Her approach is warm and respectful and meant to make starting therapy easier.
Susan uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people better understand and shift patterns in close relationships. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts and actions that keep problems going.
Background and approach
These methods are used in plain language so people can try them between sessions. Sessions begin by listening to what matters most to the client. Susan then helps set clear, doable goals and practices skills together during sessions.
She emphasizes small changes that add up over time, such as breathing techniques, new conversation habits, or tracking thoughts that fuel anxiety. Susan has worked with issues like trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, addictions, grief, intimacy concerns, sleep problems, parenting stress, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. She also supports people facing aging and caregiver stress, chronic illness, communication struggles, and separation or divorce.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She explains tools and checks in often to see what is working. People who want a practical, empathetic approach to change may find her method useful.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Susan names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How emotion-focused work and online sessions fit together
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and respond to the feelings that shape close relationships. It focuses on recognizing emotions, naming them, and trying new ways of connecting or communicating that reduce painful cycles.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches people to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early patterns of relating and how those patterns show up now, helping people build more supported ways of relating to others.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques in session, and adjust the plan as needed. This collaborative process helps match methods to the person's needs and preferences rather than assuming one model fits everyone.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and exercises that use body language, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, and keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit around work, family, or health demands.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she focus on?
Susan works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, sleep problems, parenting stress, bipolar issues, and ADHD, among other areas.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She uses emotionally-focused conversations plus tools from ACT and CBT to change patterns and build new skills.
What background and experience does she bring?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with eleven years of professional experience working with a wide range of mental health and relationship concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an MI LPC license and practices in Michigan.
What languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and starting therapy work?
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