Susan Broderick, LCSW

Susan Broderick is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of experience. She draws on practical, skill-based methods to help people manage anxiety, stress, mood shifts, and trauma. Sessions are conversational and focused on solving current problems and building useful habits.

Her approach centers on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with client-centered and solution-focused ideas. She helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns, try small behavior changes, and set clear goals. This makes progress feel concrete and measurable rather than vague.

Susan pays attention to how life events affect daily functioning. She supports people coping with depression, bipolar concerns, panic attacks, and the fallout from past trauma. She also helps those dealing with chronic pain, isolation, impulsivity, and questions about life purpose and midlife transition.

Sessions emphasize a warm, encouraging tone. People can expect direct feedback, practical tools, and space to talk through feelings without judgment. Susan aims to partner with each person to find steps that fit their life and priorities.

Her work includes support around pregnancy and childbirth, women’s health issues, social anxiety, and attention-related challenges. Susan uses short-term strategies when appropriate and longer plans when deeper work is needed. She meets people where they are and focuses on realistic steps toward feeling better.

Approach-driven online therapy with practical steps

Client-centered work focuses on understanding each person’s experience and responding with empathy. It helps people feel heard and shapes therapy around their priorities rather than a fixed plan. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and uses simple experiments and skill practice to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, panic, mood difficulties, and stress. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, achievable steps and on what is already working, making it useful when someone wants quick, goal-oriented change.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Susan will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life, and then suggest which methods to try first. Plans are adjusted over time so the work stays relevant and practical for the person’s needs.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill demonstrations and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework review, or when a short, frequent contact suits someone’s routine. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other demands.