Susan Jordan-Kertzner, LPC

Susan Jordan-Kertzner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, career concerns, and identity issues. She also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, ADHD, and questions about life purpose. She brings nearly two decades of hands-on experience to sessions. Her style is warm and interactive. She aims to listen first and then work with each person to build practical steps forward. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings, like managing strong emotions, improving communication, and reducing anxiety. Susan draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) along with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centered methods, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques. She mixes these approaches to match what a person needs rather than following a single script. In early meetings she helps people set clear, realistic goals. From there she and the client shape a plan that might include thought work, behavioral experiments, mindfulness exercises, or emotion-regulation tools. The emphasis is on small achievable changes that add up over time. She also offers coaching-style support for work and life transitions, helping people clarify values and make decisions that fit their goals. Sessions are available in English and can be scheduled online through video, phone, chat, or text messaging. Susan accepts international clients.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them through small experiments. It helps with anxiety, panic, depression, and day-to-day stress by giving clear tools to change thinking and behavior.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, while moving toward what matters most. It is useful for chronic worry, life transitions, and finding direction or purpose.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early connection patterns affect current relationships and emotional reactions. It can help people improve communication, reduce reactivity, and feel more secure in close bonds.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan collaborates with each person to choose or blend methods based on their goals, needs, and preferences. This collaborative planning helps make sessions feel relevant and practical from the start.

Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video suits deeper conversations and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text-based messaging can fit quick check-ins or steady support between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible for busy schedules, work breaks, or when travel is difficult.