About Susan
Susan Beck Case is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of practice. She meets people where they are and encourages anyone seeking support to advocate for themselves when choosing a therapist. She emphasizes a comfortable, respectful connection and asks clients to expect trust and nonjudgmental acceptance in sessions.
She sees sharing painful history as an important and vulnerable step. Her aim is to respond thoughtfully to what someone is managing now, honoring each person’s story.
Background and approach
She asks clients to speak up if the fit does not feel right so therapy can remain useful rather than stopping with needs unmet. Over a 30 year career she has worked across many life stages and a wide range of concerns. Her practice has included help for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and addiction.
She also supports people with relationship stress, parenting strain, anger, sleep problems, attention differences, career questions, and coping with life changes. In sessions she focuses on building a healthy therapeutic relationship first. From that base she tailors practical strategies and conversation to the client’s goals.
The names of specific techniques are less important to her than responding to what is happening for each person in the moment. Susan is licensed in Missouri as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She offers work in English and accepts international clients.
For someone seeking steady, experienced support, she hopes to be a thoughtful collaborator in the healing process.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Many clients benefit from focused, skills-based work that teaches practical ways to manage stress and anxiety. This approach breaks concerns into manageable steps and practices coping skills for day-to-day life. It can help with sleep problems, worry, and feeling overwhelmed.For people processing loss, trauma, or strong emotions, a supportive, talk-based approach helps them tell their story and make sense of difficult experiences. Sessions include paced conversation, grounding exercises, and attention to safety and pacing as needed. This style can help with grief, trauma and abuse, and rebuilding confidence after hard events.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, comfort level, and life demands. That collaborative process can change as progress is made and new issues arise.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat or text-based messaging supports quick check-ins and ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and flexible around real life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English