Susan Gallagher, LMHC

Susan Gallagher is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Washington. She brings eight years of post-licensure experience supporting people facing grief, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps that help clients feel more steady and confident day to day.

Susan creates an open space where people can talk without feeling judged. She helps clients name what matters to them and uses goal-focused methods to build momentum. Sessions emphasize clear, manageable strategies rather than jargon or lengthy theory.

Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including anger, stress, self-esteem, ADHD, relationship and intimacy-related issues, career concerns, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include abandonment, attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, and gender dysphoria. She also supports people navigating eating issues, family of origin patterns, and the effects of aging.

Therapeutic tools include acceptance and commitment approaches, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work. Susan combines these to match each person’s needs and to create simple, action-oriented steps between sessions.

Susan aims to empower clients to make choices that fit their values and daily lives. She encourages a steady pace and collaborative planning so change feels doable. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to therapist availability.

How Susan Uses Therapeutic Methods Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, grief, and navigating major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses step-by-step exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and anger. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace to build confidence and clarity on what matters most.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist partners with each person to decide what fits best based on their goals, life situation, and preferences. That collaborative choice can change over time as needs evolve.

Confirm the current online session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by avoiding travel, allowing a shorter check-in during a break, or letting someone join from wherever their day finds them. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and client-centered techniques to the online setting so clients can practice skills and track progress between sessions.