Susan Huerta, LMHC

Susan Huerta is a Florida-based therapist and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of clinical experience. She specializes in guiding people through complex life transitions and emotional difficulty, offering focused support for depression, anxiety, grief, and addiction while addressing related concerns such as self-esteem, communication challenges, and social isolation.

Susan works with a wide range of adults, including older adults and young professionals, and provides care for those navigating significant life changes. Her practice emphasizes resilience-building and practical strategies that help clients restore a sense of worth and rebuild meaningful connections in their lives.

With extensive experience in workplace stress, relationship dynamics, panic attacks, trauma recovery, and caregiver burnout, Susan uses evidence-based tools to help clients manage symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning. She approaches each person with respect and empathy, creating a collaborative environment where goals and treatment plans are developed together.

Susan views clients as having inherent strengths and capacity for change. Through tailored coping strategies and intentional work on personal values and relationships, she supports clients who want clearer direction, improved emotional well-being, and more fulfilling life paths.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care Options

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and build actions that align with those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. ACT can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions because it emphasizes meaningful action over symptom avoidance.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on recognizing and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. It offers practical tools for managing panic, low mood, and stress by teaching skills for reframing thoughts and trying new coping strategies.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an approach used to process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional impact. It is often applied when trauma or abuse contributes to ongoing distress and relationship or daily functioning problems.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Susan works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and licensed professionals often combine elements from different approaches to create an individualized plan.

Online therapy with Susan offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, caregiving, or mobility limits, and they support continuity of treatment when in-person visits are difficult. The variety of formats allows therapists and clients to select the way of working that feels most practical and effective for their situation.