Suzanne Ornelas
Calm support for parenting and life transitions
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Suzanne
Suzanne Ornelas is a licensed professional clinical counselor in New Mexico with 20 years of experience. She helps people manage trauma and abuse, grief and loss, parenting challenges, anger, depression, anxiety, and stress. Her work also covers relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, coping with life changes, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coaching.
She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every interaction. Suzanne focuses on tailoring sessions to each person’s situation. She listens first and adjusts the conversation and plan to fit real-life needs.
Background and approach
That means practical steps parents can try at home and clear ways to track progress. She aims to make sessions feel straightforward and useful rather than overloaded with jargon. Over two decades she has worked with a range of concerns including first responder issues, hoarding, and hospice or end-of-life counseling.
This experience informs how she helps people navigate intense emotions and complex life events. She draws on evidence-based techniques to support coping and recovery. Suzanne values collaboration.
She works together with clients to set goals and decide on next steps. The focus is on what helps in everyday life and what makes relationships and parenting feel more manageable. Sessions are conducted in English and Suzanne accepts international clients.
She offers flexible online formats and adapts her approach to what fits each client’s schedule and needs.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Evidence-based techniques Suzanne uses include trauma-informed care and grief-focused work. Trauma-informed care involves recognizing how past harm affects emotions and behavior and teaching skills to manage triggers and safety. Grief-focused work helps people name losses, process feelings, and find practical ways to carry on day-to-day routines while they adjust.She also draws on practical coaching strategies to set small goals and build routines. Those techniques break bigger problems into manageable steps, which can be especially helpful for parenting challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Each approach focuses on skills people can use between sessions to see steady progress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Suzanne collaborates with clients to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. If something doesn’t feel like a good fit, she adjusts the plan and tries other methods until it does.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier access to care. Suzanne provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so clients can choose what fits their routine. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around parenting schedules, work, or caregiving responsibilities while still working toward clear goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
Next step
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