Susan Ridenour, LCSW, LSCSW
Licensed in Kansas · 35 years in practice
Susan Ridenour is a licensed clinical social worker with decades of experience in health and behavioral settings.
License and registration
- LSCSW, Kansas
- LSCSW 1252 · expires March 2027
- LCSW, Missouri
- 2016009696 · expires September 2027
- NPI
- 1154449510 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
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About Susan
Susan Ridenour is a licensed clinical social worker with decades of experience in health and behavioral settings. She holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and has worked in Kansas and Missouri across community and healthcare roles. Susan focuses on adults who want practical help with relationships, grief, career decisions, and major life changes.
Susan uses clear, straightforward methods in sessions. She listens first, then helps people set small steps they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
She often shares worksheets and journaling prompts to keep progress moving. Sessions may include conversations about values, actions, and practical coping skills. Her background includes work with aging and geriatric concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and cancer, and family of origin issues.
She has experience with attachment questions, communication problems, codependency, and separation or divorce challenges. That range helps when concerns overlap or change over time. Susan also brings leadership and coaching experience from healthcare organizations.
That makes her familiar with workplace dynamics, career transitions, and using employer assistance benefits. She can help clients think through job-related decisions and professional stress in a straightforward way. People looking for a steady, experienced guide will find a calm, practical approach.
Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and build usable skills. Susan encourages clients to try tools between meetings and to shape therapy around their goals.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Susan names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that fit online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take small actions that match those values. It is useful for coping with life transitions, grief, and persistent worries. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, listening-based relationship where the client sets the pace and goals. That approach supports people who need space to process emotions and make sense of change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and solve problems, which can be helpful for career stress, communication issues, and anxiety.Finding the right approach is typically collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. Over several sessions they decide together which mix of ACT, client-centered work, or CBT fits the situation and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper exchanges. Phone sessions work well when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or other routines while keeping consistent progress.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Susan works with adults on relationship struggles, grief, career choices, coping with life changes, and coaching. She also addresses aging issues, caregiver stress, body image, and family of origin concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is direct and collaborative with an emphasis on practical steps. Sessions often include listening, values clarification, worksheets, and journaling to support work between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 35 years of professional experience in healthcare and community settings. That background includes leadership roles and coaching work in large healthcare organizations.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and practices in Kansas. The credential listing shows MO LCSW and KS LSCSW.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. The variety is intended to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Specific pricing is provided during sign-up.
How do I begin working with her?
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