Susan Resnik, LMHC

Susan Resnik is a licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She offers straightforward support for parenting pressures and struggles with self-worth. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, with a focus on practical steps people can use between sessions.

Susan blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with acceptance-based and emotion-focused work to match what each person needs. She listens closely and helps clients notice unhelpful thinking patterns, build clearer communication habits, and practice new behaviors in everyday life. Sessions emphasize small, doable changes rather than big abstract promises.

Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through difficult feelings and decisions. Susan pays attention to how shame, guilt, and codependent patterns show up and helps people find more balanced ways to relate to others and themselves. She also supports those facing commitment questions and struggles with life purpose.

Her approach includes skill-building from dialectical and mindfulness-informed therapies when emotions feel intense. She uses emotionally-focused techniques when relationship patterns or communication problems are central concerns. The aim is clearer choices and more effective actions, not simply talking about problems.

Susan is based in Florida and holds the LMHC credential, which appears as Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She works with young adults and has a particular interest in issues commonly faced by women, helping people move toward greater self-love and intentional living.

How Susan’s approaches work in online sessions

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and habits. It breaks concerns into clear steps and gives practical exercises to try between sessions, which translates well to video and text formats.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on accepting difficult feelings while committing to values-based actions. It supports people who want to live more intentionally despite anxiety or grief and often uses short mindfulness and values exercises that suit phone or chat sessions.

Susan also uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive, listening space where people guide the pace of their work. That approach emphasizes empathy and respect and pairs naturally with skills-based methods when clients are ready.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Susan will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods over time. Many clients combine elements from different approaches as their needs change.

Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging can help with brief reflections or between-session support. These options let people fit therapy into work breaks, parenting routines, or other busy days.