Susan Hoffstetter
Calm, practical help for everyday challenges
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Susan
Susan Hoffstetter is a licensed clinical professional counselor practicing in Illinois. She brings 16 years of clinical experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, grief, anger, self-esteem, and related concerns. She starts by listening and treating each person as the expert on their own life.
That first step to reach out is acknowledged as a meaningful move toward change. In sessions she focuses on building on a client’s existing strengths.
Background and approach
She helps people identify manageable steps to reduce symptoms and improve daily coping. Practical tools and clear feedback are used so progress can be noticed between sessions. Her background includes work across a range of mood and trauma-related issues, along with obsessive-compulsive tendencies and challenges such as trichotillomania.
She has experience addressing the emotional effects of natural and human-caused disasters and supporting survivors of sexual assault and abuse. Susan holds the LCPC credential, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. Her practice is based in Illinois and she conducts work in English.
Therapy sessions are offered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule and comfort level.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many evidence-based techniques aim to reduce distress by teaching clear skills that can be practiced between sessions. One common approach focuses on helping people identify unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence to reduce anxiety and low mood. This method is useful for stress, anxiety, and depression because it targets patterns that keep symptoms active.Another frequently used approach emphasizes gradual exposure to feared or avoided situations and learning new responses. It helps people with obsessions and compulsions, trichotillomania, and trauma-related avoidance by breaking tasks into small, manageable steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods based on a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. Decisions about techniques happen collaboratively and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy families and individuals. Video calls and phone sessions allow real-time conversation, while live chat and text-based messaging provide more flexible ways to check in and use tools between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and to continue work from home or on the go.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Susan
- Takes a few minutes
- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point