Therapist profile
Susan Beard, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Parenting
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- Addictions support
- Trauma focused methods
- CBT and DBT skills
About Susan
Susan Beard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Mississippi with 15 years of experience. She works with adults facing relationship strain, parenting stress, addictions, trauma, anxiety, mood disorders, and life transitions. She also supports concerns related to LGBT issues, intimacy, grief, and career stress.
Susan uses straightforward, goal-focused sessions. She listens to what is happening at home and helps people map small, practical steps they can try between meetings. She draws on approaches such as attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral tools, and trauma-focused methods to address patterns that keep problems repeating.
Her background includes extended clinical work with addiction and trauma-related concerns. She also has experience addressing autism spectrum questions, dissociation, and complex grief. Those areas often come with practical complications at home, and she helps people think through both emotions and day-to-day problem solving.
Susan integrates client-centered techniques that prioritize the person's perspective. She may use CBT and DBT skills for managing anxiety, mood swings, and stress. For trauma-related symptoms she draws on trauma-focused methods to help reduce the impact of painful memories on daily life.
Sessions tend to focus on clear, manageable goals and on skills people can use between sessions. For someone juggling parenting, work, and relationship demands, her approach aims to make therapy fit into everyday life rather than add more pressure.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Attachment-based work focuses on how early bonds affect current relationships. It helps people notice habitual ways of relating and try new patterns that reduce conflict and increase closeness. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors together. CBT teaches practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, anger, and everyday stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that helps lessen the emotional intensity of painful memories and reduce their impact on daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide whether to focus on skills training, relationship patterns, or trauma processing, and they adjust the plan as the work unfolds.
Confirm the session formats available before you book, as the profile does not list specific delivery methods. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments around parenting, work, and caregiving responsibilities. They also let people choose shorter check-ins or video meetings depending on energy and schedule. Many adults find this flexibility helps therapy become a practical part of daily life rather than an added burden.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Mississippi
Languages
English
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What kinds of problems does she address?
Susan works with adults on addictions, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting stress, and related concerns listed in her profile.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a direct, goal-oriented style that combines client-centered listening with practical skills work and trauma-focused techniques.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience working with issues such as addiction, trauma, mood disorders, and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and practices from Mississippi.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats and session delivery details may change.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.
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