About
- Attachment-based work
- CBT techniques
- Client-centered listening
About Susan
Susan Zapatha is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 28 years of experience. She helps people facing relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, parenting stress, anxiety, and addiction-related concerns. Susan also addresses issues such as intimacy, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and changes in mood including depression and bipolar spectrum concerns.
She uses straightforward, person-focused methods and invites clients to talk through what is happening at home. Sessions emphasize practical steps, clearer communication, and ways to manage strong emotions. Her work also includes coaching around career stress, caregiver strain, and compassion fatigue.
Susan draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships affect current ones. She uses client-centered listening so people can describe what matters to them and set their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools help break down unhelpful thought and behavior patterns into manageable steps.
For parents and adults dealing with blended family issues, adoption or foster care questions, abandonment or attachment concerns, she offers concrete strategies to reduce conflict and improve daily routines. She also works with people navigating autism-related challenges, ADHD, codependency, and control or commitment struggles.
Susan accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English. Her practice notes that cost varies with location and that sessions operate on a cancelable subscription model. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online options button.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Susan often combines attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral techniques when working with relationship and family concerns. Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds and caregiving patterns affect current relationships and helps people notice interaction patterns that keep problems repeating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses small experiments to change unhelpful habits and reduce anxiety or low mood.Choosing the right approach is a conversation. She will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. That means setting priorities together and adjusting techniques as practical challenges or new information arise.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when time is tight, and reduce travel time. It can also accommodate people who need fewer visual demands, for example by using audio over video. Discuss format preferences during the matching process so sessions suit day-to-day life and the issues you want to address.
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Experience
28+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family and relationship concerns does she address?
Susan helps with relationship strain, family conflict, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and communication problems.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses client-centered listening combined with attachment-informed and cognitive behavioral tools to focus on communication and practical steps.
How much experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 28 years of professional experience working with issues like trauma, grief, parenting stress, and mood concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing from?
Susan is a Florida LMHC and practices from Florida.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Session formats were not specified in the biography. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her practice?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a 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 in danger, use the crisis numbers.