- Client-centered support
- Mindfulness tools
- Relationship focus
About Susan
Susan Essich-Kruse is a licensed social worker with twenty years of clinical experience. She is credentialed as an LICSW and as an LISW-CP and practices in South Carolina. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, parenting concerns, depression, and coping with life changes.
Her approach starts from the belief that people know their own stories best. She emphasizes Client-Centered Therapy, listening closely and helping clients use their strengths to address problems. Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help manage strong emotions and to increase present-moment awareness.
Susan also draws on Systemic Therapy ideas when relationships and family patterns affect wellbeing. She looks at how roles and communication shape problems and works with clients to shift those patterns. This can be useful for blended family issues, divorce and separation concerns, and communication problems.
She has experience related to adoption and foster care matters, aging and geriatric issues, and women’s concerns. Susan pays attention to mood disorders and feelings of emptiness, offering steady support as people navigate transitions. The work aims to make daily life feel more manageable.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she frames that step as an important act of courage. To begin, a prospective client selects the Start Therapy button and completes a short matching questionnaire before scheduling. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How these approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s lead. In practice this means the therapist asks questions, reflects what she hears, and helps people tap their own strengths to move forward. This approach can help when someone needs a steady, respectful space to make sense of their situation.Mindfulness Therapy emphasizes awareness of the present moment and simple practices to reduce reactivity. It often uses short exercises to notice thoughts and feelings and to build calm. This can be useful for anxiety, stress, and mood regulation.
Systemic Therapy looks at relationships and patterns between people. It helps identify how communication and roles keep problems going and supports small changes that alter those patterns. This is helpful when family dynamics or blended family issues are part of the concern.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals and preferences. That agreement is revisited over time so the plan stays useful.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt listening, mindfulness exercises, and systemic conversations to work effectively at a distance.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
South Carolina, Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
Susan works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting worries, depression, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on adoption and foster care, aging issues, blended family dynamics, and women’s matters.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She practices Client-Centered Therapy, listening closely and helping people use their own strengths. Mindfulness and systemic ideas are used when helpful to manage emotions and understand relational patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has twenty years of professional experience working in clinical settings. Her work has involved mood and family-related concerns across a range of life stages.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds licensure in South Carolina and Massachusetts and practices in South Carolina. Her listed credentials are MA LICSW and SC LISW-CP.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current session options before booking to know whether in-person or remote visits are offered.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. The questionnaire helps match you with an appropriate therapist.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.