Susan Csank, LISW

Susan Csank is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with 23 years of experience in mental health and addiction counseling. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, relationship concerns, and caregiver strain. Susan speaks Estonian in addition to English and aims to create a calm, steady space where people feel heard.

Susan uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on client-centered work to listen and follow what matters most to the client. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing add ways to handle urges and stay focused on change.

Susan has long experience with addiction and the impact it has on family members and friends. She helps people address codependency, communication problems, and the stress that comes from caregiving. She also supports people dealing with trauma, mood disorders, anger, and life transitions.

In sessions, Susan offers straightforward skills practice and gentle guidance rather than jargon. She emphasizes learning coping tools, improving communication, and setting manageable goals. She invites people to notice progress in small steps and to try new ways of handling tough moments.

To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability. Susan works from Ohio and does not accept international clients.

How Susan's Approaches Work Online

Susan uses client-centered therapy to listen closely and follow what matters most to each person. That approach is about understanding your priorities and shaping the work around your goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and replace them with practical skills to change feelings and behavior.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Susan will talk with you about your goals, try techniques that fit your needs, and adjust the plan as you learn what helps. Together you decide which tools to keep and which to change based on what works in day-to-day life.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine and to continue regular work on goals between appointments. Because the specific session formats are not listed here, confirm current options before booking. Susan will help arrange times that suit your schedule and offer ways to practice skills between meetings so therapy can fit into everyday life.