Susan Gerber
Calm guidance for family and parenting concerns
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed in
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Susan
Susan Gerber is a licensed professional clinical counselor who focuses on practical help for everyday family and parenting concerns. She meets people where they are and guides them through stress, anxiety, and the messy feelings that come with life changes. Her tone is direct and respectful, and she encourages clients to take the first step when they are ready.
Gerber brings 40 years of experience in mental health work in New Mexico.
Background and approach
She helps with relationship and intimacy-related difficulties, including issues like infidelity and jealousy. She also addresses grief, low self-esteem, sleep problems, anger, and depression, using straightforward conversations to unpack what matters most to each client. In sessions she aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space for people to talk about their thoughts and feelings.
She works collaboratively, listening first and then offering practical tools and steps to try between meetings. The approach is aimed at making progress in small, manageable ways. Susan tailors discussions to the situation at hand, focusing on coping skills, motivation, and rebuilding confidence where needed.
She values steady, clear guidance rather than quick fixes. Her long career has given her a range of strategies to draw on when helping people find what works. Parents and caregivers reading here will find a practitioner who emphasizes respect for the effort it takes to begin therapy.
The process begins with a simple matching step and scheduling, and she supports clients as they move forward at their own pace.
Therapeutic techniques and online care that fit busy lives
Evidence-based techniques are used in straightforward ways to address common problems. One approach involves practical skill-building for stress and anxiety, teaching breathing, grounding, and behavior changes to reduce overwhelming feelings. This helps when worry or panic get in the way of daily life.Another common focus is on improving relationship and intimacy patterns by identifying unhelpful assumptions and practicing new ways of communicating. This work often includes exploring specific incidents like infidelity or jealousy and then planning concrete steps forward.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and then suggest methods to try together. This is a collaborative process where adjustments are made as progress is tracked.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people juggling parenting and family responsibilities. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions remove travel time, and live chat or text messaging can provide brief check-ins between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity of care when life is unpredictable.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Susan
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- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point