Susan Lipkin, LISW

Susan Lipkin is a licensed independent social worker with decades of experience helping adults navigate major life shifts. She focuses on practical, person-focused care for stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strains, grief, and midlife transitions. She meets people where they are and listens for what matters most to them.

She uses a client-centered stance and adapts methods to each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is one tool she often draws on when it fits the situation. She also uses mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative ideas to help clients make sense of painful experiences and build new habits.

Susan spent years in community mental health centers, psychiatric hospitals, veterans' services, and private practice. That range of settings shaped her approach to trauma, domestic violence, and reproductive loss, including infertility-related distress. She has also supported people facing aging concerns and chronic illness challenges.

In sessions she emphasizes clear, practical steps alongside open listening. Therapy may include identifying unhelpful thinking, practicing grounding or mindful exercises, and telling personal stories in new ways to shift perspective. She aims to help clients find choices that better fit their values and daily life.

Susan holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work and is an Ohio LISW. She brings 36 years of experience and a flexible approach to help people handle difficult transitions and long-standing problems.

Approach and what online work can involve

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's goals and preferences. The therapist listens closely and helps people build on what already works for them, which is useful for relationship concerns, life changes, and emotional pain.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It teaches practical techniques to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with stressful situations.

Mindfulness therapy emphasizes present-moment awareness and simple practices to reduce reactivity. These exercises can help with stress management, grounding after trauma, and noticing patterns that lead to distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Then she will suggest methods and adjust them as progress and needs change, keeping the process collaborative.

Session formats are not listed in this biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during breaks or from quieter surroundings. It also gives flexibility to try an approach like CBT or mindfulness in ways that suit day-to-day routines.