Janice Suskey
Practical, experienced counseling for everyday family stress
- Credentials
- LPC, LMHC
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- Florida, Arkansas
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Janice
Janice Suskey is a licensed counselor with 20 years of clinical experience. She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential and the Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential. Janice practices in Arkansas and focuses on practical, down-to-earth help for people facing stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and the everyday pressures of life.
Her work often addresses relationship tension, grief and loss, and struggles with self-esteem and motivation. She also brings experience with addiction, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns.
Background and approach
Janice aims to keep conversations clear and straightforward so families and individuals can make usable changes. Sessions are tailored to each person's needs. She blends person-centered listening with structured tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when useful.
Hypnotherapy and emotionally-focused work are additional options she may use to help with deeper emotional patterns. Her style is respectful and compassionate. She focuses on helping people identify small, achievable steps to feel and function better at home and in relationships.
Janice encourages openness about what is working and what needs to change during treatment. Clients start by describing the problem, their goals, and what they hope to get from therapy. From there she helps shape a plan that fits daily life, whether the focus is coping skills, communication, grief processing, or rebuilding confidence.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and working from your goals. A therapist using this approach follows your lead, reflects back what matters, and helps you clarify what you want to change. This approach is helpful for people who need support sorting out priorities and building confidence.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses straightforward exercises and homework to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. CBT works well for stress, worry, and mood-related concerns.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for regulating emotions and managing intense reactions. It offers tools for distress tolerance, emotional balance, and improving communication in strained relationships.
Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, daily life, and preferences. That process may include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is tracked.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules or to continue care from home. For many people, remote sessions allow steady progress without major disruptions to family life or work routines.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Arkansas
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Janice
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- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point