Susan Charney , LCSW

Susan Charney, LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), is an Arizona-based therapist with 26 years of clinical experience supporting people through complex life transitions and personal challenges. She brings a compassionate, individualized approach to therapy, drawing on deep experience with relationship dynamics, intimacy concerns, self-esteem development, and the many stresses that accompany change and growth.

She works with individuals facing a broad range of issues including communication difficulties, isolation, questions of life purpose, workplace challenges, and ongoing personal growth. Her practice emphasizes empowerment - helping people build clearer self-understanding, process past experiences, and identify practical steps toward more meaningful and balanced lives.

Throughout her career she has provided guidance for midlife transitions, the pressures faced by young adults, multicultural concerns, and healing from complex emotional experiences such as trauma and abuse. Susan aims to create an affirming environment where clients can explore strengths, work through obstacles, and cultivate greater self-compassion while moving toward goals that matter to them.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the therapist offering empathic listening and genuine support so clients can explore their own priorities and values. This approach helps people strengthen self-esteem, clarify goals, and navigate life changes at their own pace.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical, skills-based approach that looks at how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors interact. It is often used to address stress, anxiety, depression, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning by teaching concrete tools to shift unhelpful thinking and behaviors.

Trauma-Focused Therapy provides focused strategies to help process and integrate difficult past experiences, reduce their impact on daily life, and build coping resources. It is applicable for those healing from abuse, significant loss, or other overwhelming events.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Susan Charney and other licensed professionals work collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best fit each person’s needs, goals, and preferences, and they may adapt methods over time.

Online therapy modalities - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - offer flexibility for busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, work commitments, or limited mobility. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and access support from a licensed therapist when it is most convenient.