Susan Yvette Underwood, LPC

Susan Yvette Underwood is an LPC with 20 years of clinical experience helping people navigate emotional challenges. She focuses on improving self-esteem, supporting LGBT individuals, and addressing trauma and eating-related concerns. Her work also includes helping people cope with life changes and find clearer life purpose.

She uses a compassionate, collaborative style in sessions. Conversations focus on building self-love, improving how people communicate, and developing coping skills for anxiety and panic. She helps clients name painful feelings like guilt and shame and then practices ways to respond differently.

Susan has long experience supporting people through trauma and post-traumatic stress. She also works with those dealing with eating and food-related issues and the emotional fallout that follows. Many clients seek help for isolation, emptiness, and questions that come up in midlife.

Her practice pays attention to the needs of LGBT clients and to people facing relationship and communication problems. She also addresses topics such as codependency, dissociation, domestic violence, and issues related to HIV/AIDS. Aging and geriatric issues are noted among her additional practice areas.

Sessions aim to be practical and client-centered. Susan helps people set small, doable goals and builds on progress over time. To get started, visitors are asked to select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How therapeutic techniques guide online work

Susan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to structure sessions in clear, practical ways. One common approach focuses on processing trauma and reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress through gradual, paced work that helps people tolerate strong feelings and rebuild day-to-day routines. Another approach targets eating and body-related concerns by helping clients notice patterns, practice different coping skills, and make step-by-step changes to their relationship with food and self-image.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will help you identify goals, try methods that suit your needs, and adjust strategies over time. Clients and therapist review what helps and change course when needed so therapy stays relevant to your life.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact formats offered before booking since the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules demand. It can also let people attend from a quieter location or avoid camera use when that feels better. Discuss practical preferences with the therapist when you schedule so sessions match your routine.