Susan Jentoft, LPC

Susan Jentoft is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of experience helping people through difficult life moments. She focuses on common concerns like depression, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, and stress. Her work also includes addictions, trauma, ADHD, and aging and geriatric issues.

Her approach is practical and person-centered. She listens first to understand what matters most to each person. Then she helps set realistic goals and builds step-by-step coping strategies that fit everyday life.

Susan often uses techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and from acceptance and commitment therapy to clarify values and choices. Mindfulness exercises and emotionally-focused methods are included when they suit the person's needs.

Sessions are conversational and collaborative. Clients can expect a calm, respectful space to talk through relationship concerns, career stress, sleep or eating issues, and life transitions. She also addresses more specific challenges such as codependency, hoarding, cancer-related stress, and compassion fatigue.

Her years of practice in Mississippi inform a grounded, real-world perspective on coping and change. Susan works with people from many backgrounds and welcomes international clients who communicate in English. To begin, she asks a few questions to match goals and then schedules sessions that fit the person’s routine.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to spot and change thinking patterns that fuel stress and mood problems. It often helps with sleep, eating concerns, and anxiety. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the person sets the pace and priorities for change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily routines to choose or blend approaches that fit. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as needs evolve.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also make sessions possible for people living outside the therapist's immediate area, including international clients who speak English. Licensed professionals often adapt ACT and CBT tools for remote use so people can practice skills between appointments.