Susan Lockard, LPC - Therapist in Pennsylvania

About Susan

Susan Lockard is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside a broad range of emotional challenges. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, grief, parenting stress, or the fallout from trauma. Her work is straightforward and practical, aimed at easing daily distress and improving how people cope with change.

Susan uses clear, evidence-based tools to help clients identify problems and try small changes that make a difference.

Background and approach

She listens first, then offers strategies from approaches that match each person’s needs. Sessions aim to build skills for handling anger, panic, low self-worth, or caregiver fatigue. With 16 years of experience as an LPC - licensed professional counselor - she combines hands-on techniques with a calm, collaborative stance.

Many people notice relief from distress when they begin practicing the skills discussed in sessions. Her background includes training in cognitive-behavioral methods, mindfulness, and trauma-focused work. That mixture helps with both immediate symptoms and longer-term shifts in how people relate to themselves and others.

Susan frames therapy as a team effort. She helps clients set clear goals and checks progress regularly. If a particular method isn’t helping, she adjusts the plan to find what fits better.

How Susan’s Methods Work Online

Susan draws from cognitive behavioral therapy and EMDR to guide online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that helps people process distressing memories so they feel less overwhelming.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Susan discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods as progress unfolds. The first sessions typically focus on what feels most urgent, and the plan evolves from there.

Online therapy here can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Those options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and to pick the format that feels most comfortable. The variety of formats also lets people check in more frequently or use shorter contacts when that suits a parenting routine or a hectic week.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

Susan works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, ADHD, grief, parenting, anger, and compassion fatigue.

How would she describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach is collaborative and practical. She listens first, then uses clear tools and exercises tailored to each person.

What is her professional background?

She has 16 years of counseling experience and uses a mix of evidence-based approaches to address both symptoms and underlying patterns.

What credentials and location apply?

Susan is an LPC - licensed professional counselor - with license number PA LPC PC012487 and practices in Pennsylvania.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote care.

How does pricing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 16 years
Licensed: Pennsylvania
Languages: English

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