Susan Hargett, LPC

Susan Hargett is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, mood disorders, and life changes. She writes short, practical steps clients can try between sessions and helps them build self-compassion and clearer goals.

She uses straightforward conversations to identify what is making life harder right now. Sessions aim to break down big problems into manageable steps. Susan encourages curiosity about thoughts and habits rather than blame.

Over 11 years of work in Texas informs her approach. That experience includes helping people with depression, bipolar-related mood shifts, seasonal affective disorder, and attention concerns. She pays attention to how sleep, routines, and expectations shape daily mood.

Susan draws from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, client-centered methods, mindfulness, and solution-focused techniques. In practice this means combining thought-and-behavior work with skills for managing strong emotions and short-term problem solving.

Her sessions often include concrete tools - simple behavioral experiments, emotion regulation skills, and steps for improving self-esteem. She also talks about meaning and purpose when that matters to someone’s recovery. Susan aims to help people move from overwhelmed to more steady and purposeful living.

How Susan applies CBT and skills work online

Online sessions use core approaches that translate well to remote care. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors through small experiments; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and attention challenges. Dialectical behavior therapy offers concrete emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills for managing intense moods and improving day-to-day functioning. Client-centered work emphasizes listening and building a trusting conversational space so goals feel personally meaningful.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Susan will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past, then suggest a mix of strategies to try. Together they track what works and adjust the plan over time.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video allows face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets, phone can be a simpler check-in with lower bandwidth needs, and messaging or live chat supports brief check-ins or skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to keep treatment consistent around work, school, and family demands.