Susan Jentoft, LPC

Susan Jentoft is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 25 years of clinical experience. She practices in Mississippi and focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship challenges. Her work also includes support for addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting strains, sleep and eating concerns, and life transitions.

Susan keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens first, then helps people identify manageable steps to reduce distress. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as one of her main approaches along with mindfulness and acceptance-based work to target unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Her style is warm and direct. She aims to make therapy an active problem-solving process rather than only a place to talk about feelings. Clients learn skills for coping, communication, and managing intense emotions during everyday life.

Susan draws on long experience across many concerns, including career stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and issues related to aging and blended families. She also addresses eating and substance-related problems, codependency, and trauma-related reactions.

People who choose her tend to want clear strategies and steady support while they work toward change. Sessions combine practical tools, mindful awareness, and attention to emotions. Her goal is to help people build habits that make daily life more manageable and personally meaningful.

How Susan’s approaches fit into online work

Susan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood through practical exercises and homework. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is another approach she draws on; it focuses on helping people clarify values and accept difficult feelings while taking committed action toward what matters.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Susan talks with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjusts methods as therapy progresses. The aim is a collaborative plan that blends skills practice, emotional processing, and mindful awareness where it fits best.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different situations. Video calls work well for in-depth conversation and skills coaching. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or people who prefer written communication.