About Suzanne
Suzanne Klekner is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on practical steps that build confidence and stronger connections. Suzanne talks plainly and keeps sessions focused on what matters right now.
She helps people who are struggling with relationship tensions and family conflict. Suzanne also supports those facing low motivation, self-esteem issues, social anxiety, and feelings of isolation. Conversations aim to name the problem, try small changes, and track what helps.
Background and approach
Suzanne centers the person’s own knowledge of their life. She treats clients as partners in deciding goals and next steps. Sessions often include real-world tools and simple experiments to test new habits between meetings.
Her background includes a range of settings across California over a 15-year career. That experience informs a flexible approach suited to busy schedules and changing needs. She explains options clearly and helps people choose a sensible path forward.
Many people come for short-term help with a specific issue like social anxiety or workplace stress. Others work on longer-term confidence and relationship patterns. Suzanne aims to make therapy practical, steady, and understandable.
Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care
Many clients find benefit in evidence-based techniques that focus on skills they can use right away. One common approach emphasizes identifying anxious thoughts and testing them with small experiments to reduce worry and avoidance. This helps with social anxiety, phobias, and everyday stress by building confidence through practice. Another practical method centers on communication skills - learning specific ways to express needs, set boundaries, and repair misunderstandings. That approach is useful for relationship tensions and family conflict because it gives clear steps to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Suzanne collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and comfort level. She explains options, watches what works, and adjusts the plan together so therapy stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is good for deeper conversations and reading nonverbal cues. Phone calls work when bandwidth is limited or hands-free time is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, short coaching-style support, or people who prefer typing. These formats make it easier to stick with regular sessions and apply new skills in everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English