Susan Keene, LCSW

Licensed in Utah · 18 years in practice

Susan Keene is a clinical social worker who centers therapy on cognitive behavioral approaches.

License and registration

LCSW, Utah: 312328-3501 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1568433811 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 18
Languages: English

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About Susan

Susan Keene is a clinical social worker who centers therapy on cognitive behavioral approaches. She focuses on how thoughts shape feelings and behavior. She invites people to notice self-talk and practical patterns that keep them stuck.

Her style is straightforward and aimed at making small, useful changes that matter day to day. With 18 years of experience, Susan helps people facing anxiety, depression, stress, and addiction. She also addresses relationship strains, grief, parenting pressures, and struggles with self-esteem.

Background and approach

Cases that involve trauma or past abuse are explored with care and attention to how those memories show up now. Susan uses techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. She also draws on mindfulness practices to calm an overwhelmed nervous system.

Sessions combine thought-focused work with hands-on exercises meant to reduce reactivity and improve coping skills. She speaks plainly about life’s hard parts and invites curiosity rather than blame. Susan blends professional experience with personal understanding of common life struggles.

She respects clients’ values and may reference spiritual ideas when it feels helpful to the person in front of her. Practical matters are part of her routine. Susan typically prefers 45-minute sessions and checks messages regularly except on Mondays or when ill.

New clients are asked to review a disclosure form and to use the platform tools to set up their first appointment.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Depression
Coping with life changes
Addictions
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Codependency
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Social anxiety and phobia

Approaches Susan names

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Online support

How CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness work online

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice and change the thoughts that drive upsetting feelings and behaviors. Work often includes identifying unhelpful thinking, trying small behavioral experiments, and practicing new ways of responding to everyday stressors.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving how people handle crisis moments. DBT tools include grounding, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance exercises that can be practiced between sessions.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase awareness of present-moment experience. These techniques can calm an activated nervous system and improve focus during daily tasks.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up, then suggest techniques to try. Adjustments are made over time based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text messaging for ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, school, or family life and to practice skills between meetings.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Relationship challenges, intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and trauma-related issues are also listed focus areas.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her main approach is cognitive behavioral work that looks at self-talk and thinking patterns. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity.

How long has she practiced?

She has 18 years of clinical experience working with a range of common life and mental health difficulties.

Where is she licensed and based?

She holds the LCSW credential in Utah and practices from that state.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats does she offer?

Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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