Bridget Kujansuu, LMSW

Bridget Kujansuu is a licensed social worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and ADHD. She also supports people facing grief, relationship strain, anger, and life transitions. Bridget meets people where they are and aims to make the first steps feel less overwhelming.

Her style is warm, interactive, and non-judgmental. She listens with respect and sensitivity and focuses on each person’s strengths. Bridget treats clients as the experts on their own lives and works alongside them to set realistic goals.

Bridget uses practical, skills-based approaches in sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. She blends that with client-centered methods that follow the person’s pace and priorities. Solution-focused techniques help build small, achievable steps toward change.

Sessions include straightforward conversations and hands-on tools clients can use between meetings. Bridget emphasizes simple strategies for managing emotions, improving communication, and increasing motivation. She supports caregivers coping with stress and people dealing with loneliness, guilt, or workplace issues.

Bridget practices in Michigan and works with people who want a respectful, collaborative therapist. She aims to help clients build confidence, reduce distress, and handle everyday demands with clearer thinking and more effective habits.

How Bridget’s approaches translate to online therapy

Bridget commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered methods in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying thought patterns that feed anxiety or low mood and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Client-centered therapy centers the conversation on the person’s goals and pace, with the therapist offering empathy and support rather than advice.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Bridget will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will choose methods that feel useful. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and adjusts strategies as progress and needs shift.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the schedule. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts in writing between sessions and can make it easier to keep momentum. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and different routines, while keeping the focus on building skills and real-life problem solving.