Susan Bates, LMHC
Therapist

​My name is Susan Bates, and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. I am specialized in working with those struggling with anxiety, relational issues and relational trauma, people pleasing, codependency, perfectionism, and self-esteem issues. Although I have experience working with a range of presenting problems from my time working in a college counseling center, facilitating skills work in a PROS program and working with those involved with the legal system.

 

I have an individualized approach to therapy, primarily grounded in humanistic therapy. My priority is meeting you where you are at, honoring the human in you and letting you show up in your most authentic form and hold space for all parts of who you are without judgement. I see our relationship as a window into your relationships outside the therapy room, and the therapeutic relationship as an opportunity to facilitate healing. I ensure this is a space that you can heal by working from a trauma informed and culturally competent lens, in which I prioritize your feelings of emotional safety, emphasize communication and collaboration with me, and foster authenticity in the therapy room. I will incorporate other elements of my training and experience including, MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), and EFT (Emotion Focused Therapy), as well as other modalities and techniques, to tailor your treatment to you.

 

When I leave the office for the day, I like to spend my time lifting weights at my local gym, taking walks and getting out into the sun, getting lost in a good book and spending time with my loved ones.