About Susan
Susan Bramer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with two decades of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, family conflict, grief, and career concerns. Susan approaches each person as the expert on their own life and aims to build on existing strengths.
She offers a calm, steady presence for people taking the first steps toward change. Susan uses straightforward, practical methods to help people deal with everyday problems.
Background and approach
She often works with people who face abandonment, attachment, or caregiver stress. She also supports those coping with chronic illness or pain, aging and geriatric issues, and the strain of hospice or end-of-life situations. Communication problems, control struggles, divorce and separation, and family of origin issues are also common topics she addresses.
Susan helps people unpack guilt, shame, and forgiveness so they can move forward. First responder issues and isolation or loneliness are included among her focus areas. Her main clinical approach is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
In sessions she and the individual identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors to reduce distress. Susan keeps language simple and practical so busy people can use what they learn right away. Susan offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
Sessions are provided in English and follow Florida professional standards under the credential FL LCSW SW10779.
Online approaches and practical therapy options
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that keep stress and anxiety going. It’s often used for depression, anxiety, and everyday coping problems by teaching concrete skills people can try between sessions.Sessions also focus on problem-solving around family conflict, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and end-of-life concerns. The work tends to be collaborative: the therapist and the person set goals together, try techniques, and adjust the plan as needed based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and more conversational time. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, short problem-solving, or fitting support into a busy day.
These formats make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, and travel. The therapist will help decide which format and therapeutic steps fit best for a person’s goals and daily routine.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English