Susan Lockard, LPC - Therapist in Pennsylvania

Family of origin issues
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Mindfulness Therapy

About Susan

Susan Lockard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 16 years of experience. She helps adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and issues tied to family relationships and parenting.

Susan works with people who notice patterns from their family of origin shaping how they relate now. She talks through communication problems, feelings of emptiness or abandonment, and struggles with guilt, shame, or low self-esteem. Practical coping skills are part of her focus when life changes feel overwhelming.

Sessions combine active listening with clear tools. Susan uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to each person. She also brings cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and DBT strategies for emotion regulation.

For people processing painful memories, she incorporates EMDR elements alongside mindfulness practices to reduce distress and improve present-moment coping. The work aims to help people notice old patterns and try new ways of responding in daily life.

Susan pays attention to caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and issues common in midlife. She helps people dealing with grief, panic, and mood shifts find steadier footing. Her approach is direct and practical, focused on small, manageable steps toward clearer thinking and better day-to-day functioning.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's concerns and goals. The therapist listens, reflects, and follows the topics you bring up so sessions stay relevant to your life and relationships.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. In practice it means identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavioral experiments to change how problems play out day to day.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills can help with panic, impulsivity, anger, and stress that come from old family patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan will discuss options and help decide which methods fit your needs, goals, and preferences in a collaborative way. That may mean starting with client-centered conversations and adding CBT, DBT, or EMDR-related techniques over time.

Confirm current session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They can also let people choose audio-only check-ins when bandwidth is limited or a quick appointment is needed between other commitments.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Self esteem Depression ADHD

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflictsGriefParenting issuesAnger managementCoping with life changes Compassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Abandonment Caregiver issues and stress Communication problemsDissociationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgiveness Guilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / loneliness Life purpose Midlife crisis Mood disorders Panic disorder and panic attacks Post-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobia Women's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

16+ years

Listed in

Pennsylvania

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

Susan works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, parenting challenges, grief, and family-related issues including family of origin concerns.

What is her general approach in sessions?

She uses a client-centered style that focuses on what matters to the person and combines it with practical techniques from CBT and DBT.

How much experience does she have?

Susan has 16 years of experience as a clinician working with adults on mood, relationship, and life-transition issues.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm the current options before booking.

How does cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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