Susan Urtz, LMHC, LCMHC

Susan Urtz is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience. She practices in Florida and offers approachable help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strains, and related concerns. Susan uses clear, practical steps so clients can make steady progress toward their goals.

She works with adults on issues like low self-esteem, ADHD, addiction, grief, and parenting challenges. She also supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, blended family problems, and life changes such as divorce or relocation. Sessions focus on what’s realistic and useful day to day.

Susan blends cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and client-centered listening. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thinking, try new behaviors, and practice skills that reduce distress. She keeps sessions focused and collaborative, helping clients set concrete steps between meetings.

Her background includes long-term counseling roles with individuals and couples, drawing on a broad range of case experience. She pays attention to attachment patterns, adoption and foster care issues, and communication problems that get in the way of relationships.

People who respond well to Susan’s style tend to want practical tools plus empathetic support. She encourages small changes that add up over time and helps people build routines that match their values. If someone is ready to work on change, she offers steady guidance and skill-based strategies to move forward.

How Susan’s approaches translate to online care

CBT helps people notice patterns of thinking that lead to stress and unhelpful behavior. Online CBT sessions focus on identifying specific thoughts, testing new ways of thinking, and practicing homework between meetings to change daily routines.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages clients to clarify their values and take committed steps toward them. In remote sessions this can mean short exercises in noticing emotions, choosing value-based actions, and tracking progress over time.

Susan treats the choice of approach as a collaborative decision. She will work with each person to decide whether CBT, ACT, client-centered listening, or mindfulness techniques fit best with their goals and preferences. That choice can change as the work progresses, and she helps people evaluate what feels most helpful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face work and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, progress notes, and follow-up between sessions. These options make it easier to fit consistent therapy into work, caregiving, or medical routines without long travel.