Susan Charney, LCSW

Susan Charney is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Arizona with 26 years of experience helping people navigate major life transitions and complex personal challenges. She takes a compassionate, individualized approach that centers each person’s strengths and goals, offering practical tools and emotional support for areas such as relationships, self-esteem, career concerns, and coping with loss or change.

Susan works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, family and parenting issues, eating and body image struggles, and the stresses that come with caregiving or chronic illness. Her practice also addresses intimacy and communication problems, blended family dynamics, midlife transitions, and workplace pressures, all with the aim of fostering clearer self-understanding and healthier patterns of relating.

Clients benefit from Susan’s emphasis on building resilience and self-compassion while developing actionable steps for moving forward. She integrates evidence-based techniques and a client-centered stance to tailor care to each person’s values and circumstances, supporting long-term growth and more satisfying relationships and life choices.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Growth

Susan Charney integrates client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and mindfulness techniques to support people through change. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening with empathy and meeting each person where they are - it helps people build self-awareness, trust their own values, and find direction when facing relationship or identity questions. CBT offers practical strategies to identify and reshape unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress and improve problem solving. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that help reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness, useful for managing rumination, emotional overwhelm, and chronic stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Susan works with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals, then blends methods that fit the individual’s situation so therapy feels relevant and achievable.

Online therapy with Susan is delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain momentum between sessions and access consistent support from a licensed professional without traveling to an office.