Susan Guerra, LCSW

Susan Guerra is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nearly three decades of practice. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and many life changes. Susan practices from Louisiana and works with issues that include caregiver strain, chronic illness, and aging and geriatric issues.

She takes a practical, down-to-earth approach in sessions. Conversations focus on what matters most to the person and on small, manageable steps. She listens without judgment and tailors plans to each person's situation rather than using one fixed method.

Susan blends several therapy styles to match a client's needs. She uses techniques drawn from acceptance and commitment approaches, cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical skills, emotionally-focused work, and client-centered principles. That mix helps with mood symptoms, relationship concerns, and coping strategies for long-term conditions.

Her background spans home health, hospice, psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinics, residential substance-abuse programs, women's shelters, and school settings. Those experiences inform how she supports people facing medical and life transitions, caregiver fatigue, and complex emotional challenges.

In sessions she offers practical tools and learning in ways people can use day to day. Goals are concrete and tied to each person's values and circumstances. People who want straightforward problem-solving and ongoing emotional support may find this approach useful.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people live by their values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It teaches simple practices to notice thoughts and choose actions that matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It often uses short exercises and homework to build new habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on emotions in relationships and helps people notice, name, and shift the patterns that cause distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Then she will suggest methods and adjust them over time so the plan fits the client’s needs and life situation.

Confirm current session options before booking to learn how sessions are arranged. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also makes it possible to continue work during medical care, caregiving periods, or relocation. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and EFT techniques to online sessions so people can practice skills and follow up between meetings.