Susan Mullen, LPC

Susan Mullen is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado with 18 years of experience. She uses straightforward, practical methods to help people handle stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and low self-esteem.

Her work often focuses on life transitions and building purposeful direction. She helps people who are coping with grief, career changes, compassion fatigue, or the strain of caregiving. Autism spectrum conditions and intellectual disability are also areas she addresses when relevant to an individual's needs.

Susan favors a collaborative, person-centered way of working. Sessions concentrate on what matters to the individual, using clear tools and steps to reduce worry and improve daily functioning. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and develop different behavior patterns.

She also uses solution-focused strategies to set concrete goals and track progress over time. Existential ideas are brought in when people want to examine meaning, values, or life purpose during big transitions.

Susan aims to make therapy practical and usable. People leave sessions with specific strategies to try between meetings, and the next session reviews how those changes worked. Her approach is steady, approachable, and aimed at helping each person move forward in ways that fit their life.

Accessible approaches delivered online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and making the session fit the person's needs. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through parenting decisions, caregiving strain, grief, or questions about life purpose.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It provides concrete tools to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and adjust habits that get in the way of daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean trying CBT techniques, using solution-focused steps for short-term goals, or bringing in existential questions about meaning and direction.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when audio only is preferred or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, short coaching-style exchanges, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options let people fit sessions into busy days, continue work while traveling, or connect from another state or country.