Susan Yvette Underwood, LPC

Susan Yvette Underwood is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of experience. She focuses on thoughts and everyday habits that shape how people feel and act. She works with people who are navigating trauma, eating and self-esteem issues, and major life changes.

Her work emphasizes practical steps people can use between sessions. She helps clients notice unhelpful thinking patterns and build small routines that make life more manageable. Conversations cover communication skills, coping with loneliness, and handling guilt or shame.

Over two decades, she has supported people from the LGBTQ+ community and those recovering from abuse. She also has experience with eating and food-related issues, dissociation, and domestic violence. This background informs a steady, experienced presence in sessions.

Sessions often tackle identity and life purpose concerns, midlife shifts, and family of origin pain. She also addresses topics such as codependency, BDSM and kink culture, and challenges that come with aging. The aim is to help people find more self-acceptance and clearer direction.

Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental. She listens, helps set small goals, and teaches coping strategies people can use every day. To begin, readers are encouraged to follow the site's Start Therapy steps to match and schedule a session.

Approaches that target thoughts and daily habits

Evidence-based therapeutic techniques often focus on how thoughts and small daily actions shape mood and behavior. One common approach helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different ways of thinking; this can reduce anxiety and improve decision-making in everyday situations. Another approach emphasizes building simple routines and coping skills to make emotions easier to manage, which can be helpful for eating issues, shame, or recovering from trauma.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with the client to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful. Sessions are a place to test changes, reflect on progress, and agree on next steps together.

Please confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific online or in-person options. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to work well over distance, helping clients practice new habits between sessions.