Susan Huerta, LMHC

Susan Huerta is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of clinical experience in Florida. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and major life changes. Her work often focuses on improving communication, building self-esteem, and easing isolation.

Susan uses practical talk therapy that aims to make daily life feel more manageable. She listens closely and helps people set small, doable goals. Sessions emphasize skills that can be used between meetings to reduce stress and improve mood.

Her background includes supporting those dealing with caregiving stress, chronic illness and pain, and end-of-life concerns. She also helps clients navigate relationship challenges, divorce and blended family issues, and workplace pressures. Those coping with trauma, anger, or substance use find concrete strategies to move forward.

Susan draws on several well-known approaches including cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and client-centered methods. She adapts methods to each person’s pace and needs rather than offering a one-size-fits-all plan. The goal is steady progress, not instant fixes.

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. People who prefer a compassionate but direct therapist often find her approach helpful. She works with each person to build resilience and clearer priorities for life and relationships.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Susan uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. CBT usually focuses on specific problems like anxiety, depression, and coping with stressful situations by changing thought patterns and behaviors.

She also uses acceptance and commitment therapy to help people accept difficult feelings and commit to values-driven action. ACT can be useful for managing chronic stress, grief, and life transitions by teaching openness to experience and clear goal setting.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. Together they adjust pace and techniques so the plan fits the person’s needs and comfort level.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for full sessions where visual interaction helps the conversation. Phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, prompts between sessions, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.