Susan Beard, LPC

Susan Beard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Mississippi who helps people manage stress, anxiety, and a wide range of related concerns. She focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more in control. Her approach is straightforward and centered on each person’s needs.

She draws on 15 years of professional experience working with addiction, trauma and abuse, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, and relationship and intimacy-related issues. Susan also supports people dealing with grief, parenting strain, work and career stress, and concerns around self-harm and process addictions. She works with matters connected to neurodiversity and intellectual disability as well.

Sessions emphasize a collaborative tone. Susan listens first to understand what matters most, then helps set clear, achievable goals. She uses methods from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems stuck. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings and reactions.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is part of her toolkit for addressing traumatic memories when that fits a person’s needs. Dialectical behavior therapy techniques are used when emotion regulation and coping skills are a focus.

Practical skills and small steps matter in her work. Susan aims to help people build routines that improve sleep, reduce worry, and slow impulsive behaviors. She encourages honest conversation about setbacks and celebrates progress along the way.

To begin, she asks people to describe their immediate concerns and what they hope will change. From there she helps shape a plan that matches each person’s goals and daily life.

How these approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how connections shape feelings and behavior. Online sessions using attachment ideas help people understand patterns in close relationships and practice new ways of relating that reduce worry and conflict.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In remote sessions CBT involves identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and trying small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used for processing traumatic memories when appropriate. In an online setting EMDR can be adapted to guide people through memory processing and new ways of reacting to past events.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together the client and therapist decide which methods fit best and adjust that plan over time based on progress and comfort.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. It can reduce travel time, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and make attending regular appointments simpler. If you want to know which session formats are available for Susan, confirm current options before booking so you can pick what works best for your schedule and needs.