Susan Wolanyk, LPCC, LMHC

Susan Wolanyk is a licensed clinician with 13 years of experience helping adults and teens navigate depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and major life transitions. She holds the LPCC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and the LMHC credential, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and she practices from Ohio. Susan developed her clinical skills in community settings working with diverse populations, including Hispanic, East European, Black, and newly arrived immigrant communities, and she draws on that background to offer compassionate, patient-centered care.

As a third-generation immigrant and a professional who transitioned into counseling after a corporate career while raising five children, Susan brings both personal insight and practical resilience to her work. Her training emphasized clinical humility and an ability to sit with human vulnerability, which shapes an approach that values each person’s strengths and motivations. She uses an eclectic, person-centered style that combines empathy with active problem solving to help clients move through grief, manage anger, address parenting or caregiver stress, and adapt to life changes.

Susan aims to build a collaborative therapeutic relationship based on mutual respect and realistic hope. She focuses on practical solutions that encourage lasting change and supports clients in claiming their roles and gifts in the world. Her practice addresses a range of concerns from stress and addiction to relationship and career issues, with particular attention to immigrant experiences and trauma recovery.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person’s own strengths and values, offering empathic listening and support to help individuals explore their goals, increase self esteem, and navigate major life changes. This approach is often used for issues such as transitions, caregiving stress, and relationship concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors. It is practical and skills-based, often applied for anxiety, depression, panic symptoms, and coping with stressors to produce measurable improvements in daily functioning.

Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses the impact of traumatic events by helping clients process painful memories and build coping strategies tailored to their needs. It is used for trauma and abuse, post-traumatic stress, and related emotional symptoms.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Susan will work with each person to determine which methods fit best based on their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made. Licensed professionals can blend techniques to create an individualized path forward.

Online therapy offers flexible access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or mobility challenges, and they allow therapists to support clients in real time using the communication mode that works best for each person.