Susana Deltoro, LPC

Susana Deltoro is a bilingual English-Spanish Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 11 years of clinical experience. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and holds a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from the University of the Southwest, combining strong academic training with hands-on practice.

During her master’s graduate internship at Santa Maria Hostel in Houston, Texas, Susana concentrated on co-occurring disorders affecting women and families. She facilitated group therapy at both intensive and outpatient levels, working with clients and their families who were navigating addiction and related mental health conditions. Those experiences helped shape her skills in group facilitation and family-focused interventions.

Her clinical work integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Reality Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Family Systems Theory within a holistic, strength-based, person-centered framework. Susana emphasizes collaboration, practical coping strategies, and attention to family dynamics when supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting challenges, mood concerns, life transitions, and multicultural or immigration-related issues. As an LPC - a state license that reflects graduate-level training and counseling certification - she centers care on each individual’s strengths and goals. She often references Gordon B. Hinckley: 'Being humble is recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.'

Approaches That Guide Online Therapy

Susana uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, empathetic space where people explore their values and make choices that align with their goals. This approach is helpful for relationship issues, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions because it emphasizes personal strengths and the client's perspective.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is often used for stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes by teaching practical tools to manage symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Motivational Interviewing supports people who are ambivalent about change by exploring motivations and building commitment to specific goals. It can be effective for addiction-related concerns, caregiver stress, and making behavior changes that matter to the individual.

Finding the right combination of approaches is a collaborative process. Susana works with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, adjusting methods over time so therapy remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - which makes it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reach therapists from different locations within the state, and maintain continuity of care when life gets busy.