Susan Beard, LPC

Susan Beard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Mississippi with 15 years of clinical experience. She offers practical, compassionate care for people facing a wide range of concerns, including addictions, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, anxiety, and relationship difficulties. Her practice also addresses issues such as self-esteem, coping with life changes, parenting and family challenges, grief, intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and career or financial stress.

Susan works with clients across diverse identities, including LGBT issues and gender dysphoria, and she supports those coping with process addictions, substance use, bipolar disorder, dissociation, intellectual disability, and veteran-related concerns. She brings experience helping with infidelity, jealousy, midlife transitions, compassion fatigue, self-harm, and other complex presentations, aiming to tailor care to each person’s needs and context.

Susan incorporates evidence-informed approaches such as Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). As an LPC - a Licensed Professional Counselor - she collaborates with clients to create a nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored and actionable steps toward change can be developed and practiced.

Therapeutic Approaches and Accessible Online Care

Susan Beard uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and EMDR to address symptoms and patterns that interfere with daily functioning. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Attachment-Based Therapy explores relational patterns formed early in life and helps rebuild healthier ways of relating in current relationships. EMDR is a trauma-informed method that supports processing distressing memories and reducing their emotional intensity.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Susan works with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and history, and she adjusts techniques so the work fits the individual rather than forcing a single model on everyone.

Online therapy offers flexibility and consistent access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and engage in therapy from home or another comfortable setting, while working with licensed professionals who guide the process and provide clinical support.