Susan Charney, LCSW

Susan Charney is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience helping people navigate relationship strain, intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, anxiety, and major life changes. She offers steady, practical support for everyday pressures like work stress, parenting strain, grief, and chronic health challenges. Susan writes and speaks plainly with clients to help them find clearer next steps and feel less stuck.

Her sessions focus on building understanding and useful skills. She draws on client-centered work to follow each person’s pace and priorities. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try small behavior changes. Mindfulness and solution-focused tools help clients manage stress and move toward concrete goals.

Susan brings particular attention to relationship patterns, communication problems, codependency, and commitment issues. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, caregiving burdens, cancer, chronic pain or illness, and blended family concerns. Her background includes long-term practice in Arizona and work with diverse life stages and cultural backgrounds.

Sessions aim to strengthen self-compassion and practical coping. Clients can expect clear language, tangible exercises, and collaborative planning. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Susan holds an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She works in Arizona and conducts therapy in English. To begin, clients use the continue button on this profile to complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Client-centered therapy centers the person’s own goals and pace. A therapist using this approach listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, helping them set priorities and try small, meaningful changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on noticing patterns of thought and behavior and testing new ways of responding to reduce anxiety, improve mood, or solve practical problems.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan based on what helps most over time.

If you plan to do online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when that suits a workday. They also let clients use tools like worksheets and guided mindfulness exercises during sessions. Discuss with the therapist how to shape sessions to match your needs and day-to-day routine.