- Strengths-based approach
- Practical coping skills
- Work and wellbeing focus
About Susan
Susan Ryder is a licensed clinician in Maine with 17 years of experience. She focuses on everyday struggles such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and the challenges of life transitions. Susan speaks plainly and centers each session on the person in front of her. She emphasizes strengths and practical steps people can take right away.
Her practice helps people who are dealing with compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, relationship and intimacy challenges, and parenting stress. She also works with issues like grief, anger, attention difficulties, and feelings of isolation. Additional areas of focus include caregiver stress, blended family concerns, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and postpartum mood changes.
Susan uses approaches that are collaborative and goal oriented. She draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s lead, cognitive behavioral ideas to address unhelpful thinking, and motivational interviewing to tap into what will actually change. Narrative and solution-focused techniques help people reframe problems and try small experiments between sessions.
Sessions aim to be practical and respectful of how life really looks. Susan helps people set small, doable goals and track what helps over time. She encourages people to notice strengths they already have and to build from there.
To get started, visitors can use the site’s matching process and schedule sessions according to therapist availability. Susan works in English and practices in Maine as an ME LCPC.
How Susan blends practical approaches for online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following each person’s goals. It helps when someone needs to feel heard and to make sense of their own story. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people change unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors for stress, anxiety, and low mood.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Susan works with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts plans over time and invites feedback so sessions stay useful and relevant.
The therapist biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm available session types before booking. Many people find online work helpful because it can fit into a busy day, reduce travel time, and make it easier to have short check-ins during a lunch break or between commitments. Online sessions can also let someone use different tools between meetings such as worksheets, brief experiments, or focused goal tracking to support progress.
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Experience
17+ years
Credentials
Maine
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Susan supports people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She also addresses compassion fatigue, addictions, relationship issues, parenting stress, grief, anger, and ADHD related concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. She uses client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral ideas, motivational interviewing, narrative work, and solution-focused steps to set small goals and try new behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and life challenges across different settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed in Maine and holds an ME LCPC credential. Sessions are provided in English from her Maine practice.
Can I work with her from another country?
International clients are not currently accepted. Sessions are offered in English to people located where she is able to practice.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography. Please confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability through the site.