- Guilt and shame
- Anxiety and panic
- Communication problems
About Sue
Sue Ann O'Brien is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Arizona with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, depression, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, mood disorders, panic attacks, and women's issues.
She approaches work as a collaboration that starts with listening. She treats each person as the expert on their own story and looks for existing strengths to build on. In sessions she helps people name what they are feeling, sort through difficult choices, and learn small skills to handle intense moments.
Sue Ann uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to the concern at hand. That can mean practical exercises to manage anxiety, short-term strategies for panic, or step-by-step work to improve communication. She combines these with coaching-style support when people want clearer goals or action plans.
Her style is straightforward and focused on what helps now. She pays attention to how guilt and shame show up in relationships and daily life. People often bring situations tied to family, faith, work, or past choices, and she helps untangle the emotional parts from practical next steps.
Sessions aim to be useful and manageable. Sue Ann encourages realistic expectations and steady progress. To begin, she asks about what matters most now and the small changes a person wants to try next.
Evidence-based techniques and online sessions
Two common evidence-based techniques she uses are practical anxiety management and short-term panic strategies. Practical anxiety management focuses on skills like breathing, grounding, and breaking down worries into steps to reduce overwhelm. Short-term panic strategies teach quick tools to lower immediate physical symptoms and to plan how to respond if a panic episode starts.She also uses focused work to improve communication and decision-making. That involves mapping how conversations go, practicing clearer ways to say what matters, and setting small experiments to try between sessions. These approaches are useful for relationship problems, guilt tied to interactions, and everyday life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of what she does with each person. She will help figure out which techniques fit best based on your needs, goals, and preferences. This is a collaborative process where adjustments are made as progress and challenges become clearer.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make scheduling easier and fit sessions into busy days. It can also allow shorter check-ins, reduce travel time, or remove the need to be on camera for a session when that helps. Licensed professionals adapt approaches so therapy can fit into everyday life without asking for big time changes.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, mood disorders, panic attacks, and women's issues.
How does she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
She helps people name and separate the emotional responses from practical steps. Work often combines emotion-focused conversations with skills to reduce distress and improve decisions.
What is her professional experience?
She has 10 years of professional work experience in counseling settings. That background includes addressing anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor licensed in Arizona. Her practice is located in Arizona.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.