Susan Cooper, LCSW
Licensed in New Mexico · 20 years in practice
Susan Cooper is a licensed clinical social worker in New Mexico with 20 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, New Mexico
- C-09068 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1073914867 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
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About Susan
Susan Cooper is a licensed clinical social worker in New Mexico with 20 years of experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, eating concerns, depression, addictions, and life changes. Her manner is calm and straightforward, aimed at helping people take the first steps toward feeling better.
Susan creates a space where clients can talk through difficult feelings without judgment. Sessions emphasize clear goals and small, doable changes.
Background and approach
She encourages clients to build coping skills they can use between meetings. Her work often addresses relationship strain, sleep problems, parenting stresses, anger, and self-esteem struggles. She also helps with career concerns, bipolar mood challenges, and compassion fatigue.
Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, adoption and foster care experiences, aging and caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, and codependency. With two decades of clinical practice, Susan draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. She balances practical suggestions with listening and reflection so clients feel heard and understood.
The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Susan offers sessions in English and will work with international clients. People who want to begin can expect a friendly, goal-oriented approach that meets them where they are and helps them build skills for daily life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Evidence-based techniques are used to structure sessions and teach practical skills. One approach focuses on building coping skills and behavioral strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and stress. It breaks problems into small steps and practices new behaviors between sessions to create gradual change.Another approach centers on emotional processing for grief, attachment concerns, and relationship strain. It helps people name feelings, understand how past experiences affect current reactions, and develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video lets people use visual cues during conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and different time zones while working with licensed professionals.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns can be addressed?
Susan helps with stress, anxiety, grief, eating and sleeping problems, depression, addictions, and coping with life changes. She also works on relationship strain, parenting stress, self-esteem, career issues, and compassion fatigue.
What is the general approach in sessions?
Sessions focus on open, nonjudgmental conversation and practical steps clients can try between meetings. The therapist aims for clear goals and small, manageable changes.
How much experience does the therapist have?
The clinician has 20 years of professional work experience helping people navigate a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
What credential does the therapist hold and where are they based?
The therapist is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in New Mexico and provides services from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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