- Collaborative approach
- Practical coping skills
- Respect for diversity
About Susan
Susan Johnston is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Indiana with eight years of clinical experience. She returned to school as an adult and has worked across a range of settings, including outpatient offices, residential and group homes, inpatient care, intensive outpatient programs, probation services, and a college environment. Susan writes plainly: many people need help at times, and she aims to meet them where they are.
Her background includes work in addiction treatment, where she helped individuals and families reconnect and build hope. She has supported people from nearby communities as well as immigrant and refugee families, collaborating with professional interpreters when needed. This experience informs a respect for cultural and language differences in care.
Susan blends humanistic and experiential ideas with emotion-focused and cognitive work rooted in family systems theory. In practice that means she pays attention to feelings, personal experience, and how relationships shape behavior. She uses that mix to tailor sessions to each person’s situation.
Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. Susan emphasizes teamwork with the person seeking help to create a plan that fits their life. She works on stress, anxiety, relationships, self esteem, grief, addiction, parenting concerns, and other common struggles.
People who prefer a collaborative, down-to-earth therapist may find her approach helpful. She encourages clients to be active partners in therapy and to try real-world changes between sessions.
Her background includes work in addiction treatment, where she helped individuals and families reconnect and build hope. She has supported people from nearby communities as well as immigrant and refugee families, collaborating with professional interpreters when needed. This experience informs a respect for cultural and language differences in care.
Susan blends humanistic and experiential ideas with emotion-focused and cognitive work rooted in family systems theory. In practice that means she pays attention to feelings, personal experience, and how relationships shape behavior. She uses that mix to tailor sessions to each person’s situation.
Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. Susan emphasizes teamwork with the person seeking help to create a plan that fits their life. She works on stress, anxiety, relationships, self esteem, grief, addiction, parenting concerns, and other common struggles.
People who prefer a collaborative, down-to-earth therapist may find her approach helpful. She encourages clients to be active partners in therapy and to try real-world changes between sessions.