Dr. Susan Harris, LPC

Dr. Susan Harris helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, mood disorders, and major life changes. She also focuses on caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, relationship struggles, and trauma-related concerns. Her style is direct and practical, aimed at helping people take small steps that make daily life easier.

Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - with 25 years of experience in behavioral health settings. She blends client-centered care with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Sessions often include learning concrete coping skills, practicing communication strategies, and using mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity.

In her work she emphasizes treating emotional and substance-related concerns together when both are present. The approach is collaborative: the client’s goals guide which methods are used. Motivational interviewing is one tool she uses to help people find personal reasons to change.

People who see her can expect a mix of talking through problems and hands-on skill practice. She focuses on what helps in day-to-day life, such as managing cravings, handling grief, reducing anxiety, or navigating caregiver roles. Progress is measured in small, practical gains rather than labels.

Harris practices in Arizona and provides services in English. She encourages people to start with a brief matching questionnaire and a scheduling step to find a good time to begin working together.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, respect, and tailoring each session to the person's needs. Online sessions using this approach center the client's priorities and allow the therapist to respond to what matters most in the moment.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. In remote sessions that can mean reviewing thought records, planning behavioral experiments, and practicing new responses between meetings.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. It is useful for emotion regulation, stress, and impulse-related concerns and can be practiced through guided exercises and homework in online meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and day-to-day life. That choice can change over time as progress is made.

Please confirm the current session formats before booking since the profile does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules by reducing travel and allowing appointments during breaks, offering shorter check-ins when needed, or avoiding video when bandwidth is limited. These practical benefits can help therapy fit into everyday life without promising a particular service.