Sue Frazier-Bear, LPC - Therapist in Tennessee

About Sue

Sue Frazier-Bear is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with two decades of clinical experience. She creates a calm, accepting space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting concerns, and life transitions. She emphasizes dignity and respect and draws on her own experience both as a clinician and as someone who has been in therapy.

Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people make small, useful changes that ease daily life.

Background and approach

She has worked alongside educators, psychiatrists, and other counselors and has supervised trainees entering the field. Those years of collaboration shaped her practical way of working and deepened her understanding of common struggles. She uses a mix of approaches rather than a single method, choosing interventions that fit each person’s situation.

In sessions she often uses mindfulness and relaxation practices to reduce stress and improve focus. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to help people understand long-standing patterns and on Internal Family Systems to address inner parts and self-leadership. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is part of her toolbox when values-based change is needed.

Sue is based in Tennessee and holds the LPC credential. She is affirming of all identities and brings a compassionate, nonjudgmental stance to conversations about grief, parenting, relationship concerns, and identity matters. Her style is collaborative; she helps people set clear, achievable steps and revisits progress as goals evolve.

Practical tools, steady listening, and focused reflection are central to her work. She aims to help people find more ease in daily routines, better communication in strained relationships, and clearer direction during life changes.

How Sue’s approaches translate to online therapy

Sue uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people identify what matters most to them and take small, value-driven steps. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and motivation challenges because it focuses on action alongside acceptance.

She also integrates Mindfulness Therapy, teaching brief exercises and relaxation techniques that can be practiced during or between online sessions. Mindfulness helps with stress reduction, focus, and emotional regulation.

Another element in her work is Psychodynamic Therapy, which looks at patterns that repeat over time and how past experiences influence current choices. Online conversations can uncover those patterns and turn them into concrete goals for change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss client goals, preferences, and concerns and suggest methods to try. The approach can shift as people learn what helps them most, making the process collaborative and flexible.

Online therapy offers practical benefits: video calls let conversation feel close to an in-person visit, phone sessions remove travel barriers, and live chat or text messaging support short check-ins and ongoing contact between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family routines and changing schedules.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Psychodynamic Therapy

Exploring how earlier relationships and patterns still shape the present, often over a longer stretch of time. It relies on conversation and reflection rather than exercises.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

Sue works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, LGBT concerns, relationship and family issues, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and ADHD.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is practical and collaborative. She combines mindfulness, psychodynamic reflection, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Internal Family Systems to match the client’s needs.

What is her clinical experience?

She has 20 years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor and has served as a training supervisor for clinicians in training.

Where is she located and what are her credentials?

She is based in Tennessee and holds the LPC credential with license number TN LPC 1842.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions may be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are costs and scheduling handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.

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Experience: 20 years
Licensed: Tennessee
Languages: English

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