Susan Lockard, LPC

Susan Lockard is a licensed therapist in Pennsylvania who offers compassionate, holistic support to adults facing difficult emotional challenges. She centers her work on helping people navigate depression, anxiety, trauma, and major life transitions, drawing on a respectful, strengths-based approach that prioritizes each person’s lived experience.

Susan brings focused experience addressing self-esteem concerns, social anxiety, mood disorders, and interpersonal dynamics, guiding clients toward clearer self-understanding and more effective communication. Her practice emphasizes practical skill-building alongside emotional exploration so clients can rebuild connections and pursue meaningful change.

Using evidence-based methods within a supportive environment, Susan helps people process past experiences, develop resilience, and cope with feelings of isolation or uncertainty about life purpose. She is particularly attuned to the experiences of women and to the emotional complexities that often arise during midlife. As an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - she aims to empower clients to rediscover inner strengths and create sustainable improvements in their daily lives.

Approaches and Online Care with a Licensed Therapist

Susan often integrates client-centered therapy into her work, creating an empathetic, nonjudgmental space where clients lead the pace of their healing and exploration. This approach helps people build self-awareness, improve relationships, and clarify values.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is another common method she uses to identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and develop practical skills to manage symptoms of depression, anxiety, and mood challenges. CBT emphasizes concrete strategies that can produce noticeable changes in daily functioning.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, supplements her practice when clients need tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved interpersonal effectiveness. DBT's skills-based focus can be particularly useful for managing intense emotions and impulsivity.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Susan collaborates with each client to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances. She works with clients and licensed professionals to tailor a plan that feels workable and responsive.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit care into busy schedules and to access support from home or work. These formats provide flexibility for regular sessions, reinforce skill practice between appointments, and help maintain continuity of care when life circumstances change.