Susan Henry, LISW, LCSW

Licensed in Iowa · 25 years in practice

Susan Henry is a licensed social worker with 25 years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LISW, Iowa: 083249 · expires December 2026
LCSW, New Jersey: 44SC06163800 · expires August 2026
LCSW, Nevada: 11070-C · expires December 2026
LICSW, Minnesota: 33378 · expires December 2026
NPI: 1013580653 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 25
Languages: English

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About Susan

Susan Henry is a licensed social worker with 25 years of clinical experience. She practices as an LISW and LCSW in Minnesota and works with people facing a range of stressors and emotional challenges. Her tone is steady and straightforward, aimed at people who need practical help now.

Susan creates a welcoming, affirming space for clients. She prioritizes clear communication and calm problem solving. Sessions focus on immediate concerns first, then on building longer term coping tools.

Background and approach

Her work covers anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and major life transitions. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, addiction concerns, sleep and eating struggles, and career or parenting stress. Susan includes attention to ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue when these come up in therapy.

Susan draws from several approaches to fit each person’s needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shift unhelpful patterns. Attachment-based and client-centered methods guide conversations about relationships and self-worth.

In sessions she blends practical strategies with steady support. Clients can expect straightforward feedback, skill-building exercises, and exploration of personal patterns. The pace is collaborative and tuned to individual goals, whether someone needs short-term coaching or deeper exploration.

Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules. Susan works with people who want clear tools and steady support while they make changes in daily life.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Coping with life changes
Addictions
LGBT
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
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
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
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
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Traumatic brain injury
Trichotillomania
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Susan names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and situations where someone wants to move forward despite difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and replacing them with practical strategies for change. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating struggles. Attachment-Based Therapy centers on how early relationship patterns affect current connections and self-worth, and it can help when intimacy, trust, or attachment issues cause distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions may blend these approaches so the plan fits what a person wants to change and how fast they want to move.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people have fuller conversations and read facial cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is low or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easy to check in between sessions or fit short check-ins into a busy day. These options are intended to make it easier to access consistent help, build new skills, and keep therapy working around life commitments.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she help with?

Susan works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes. She also addresses relationship issues, addiction, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and related areas.

What is her therapeutic style?

Her approach is practical and person-centered, mixing skill building with reflective conversation. Sessions focus on immediate problems first, then on tools to support longer term change.

How much experience does she have?

She has 25 years of counseling experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.

What credentials and location apply?

She holds LISW and LCSW credentials and practices in Minnesota.

In which languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging according to client preference.

How does cost work?

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