Susan Sturdivant-Miles, LPC

Susan Sturdivant-Miles is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with 12 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, family conflict, parenting challenges, and life transitions. Susan aims to make it easier for people to talk about hard things and take the first steps toward change.

Susan creates a straightforward, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be named. Sessions are practical and conversational. She listens for patterns that cause pain and helps clients try different ways of responding.

Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness to help people notice what matters and act in line with those values. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to challenge unhelpful thinking and Attachment-Based and Client-Centered methods to strengthen how people relate to others and to themselves.

Susan works with issues including abandonment, attachment concerns, blended family stress, codependency, commitment and control issues, body image, caregiver stress, and communication problems. She also supports people coping with disasters and complex co-morbid challenges.

Conversations with Susan are focused on practical steps and clear goals. She helps clients build coping skills they can use between sessions. If someone wants support sorting through relationship patterns or handling anxiety and life change, Susan offers steady guidance and collaborative problem solving.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and then take steps based on personal values rather than those thoughts. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and decisions about relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence emotions and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for worry, low mood, and problem-solving.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That choice can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, cut down on travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also make it simpler to continue care through transitions like moving or changes in work hours. Licensed professionals and therapists can adapt ACT and CBT techniques to work in virtual settings, focusing on practical exercises, value-based planning, and skill practice between meetings.