Susan Guerra
Experienced LCSW offering practical, compassionate care
LCSW Louisiana
- Experience
- 28 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Susan
Susan Guerra is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with nearly three decades of clinical experience based in Louisiana.
Background and approach
She works with people facing a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting challenges, ADHD, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and many other life adjustments.
Her practice also addresses more specific areas such as abandonment, attachment struggles, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, cancer-related concerns, codependency, communication problems, and blended family issues. Drawing on an integrative, client-centered stance, she blends evidence-based methods with practical skill-building to create individualized plans of care.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Emotionally-Focused Therapy inform her work alongside a strong emphasis on mindfulness and real-world coping strategies. Susan emphasizes collaboration, tailoring learning styles and interventions so clients can practice new skills and apply them to everyday situations.
Her background includes clinical roles in home health, hospice, psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinics, residential substance use treatment, shelters, and school settings, which contributes to a flexible, experience-rooted approach. She presents a compassionate, nonjudgmental style aimed at helping clients find realistic, actionable ways to move toward their goals.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care
Susan commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in her clinical work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression, while ACT emphasizes values-based action and learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings rather than trying to eliminate them. Both approaches lend themselves to practical exercises and homework that clients can use between sessions to build coping skills.
Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. The therapist works together with each person to explore goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, adapting methods as needs evolve rather than adhering to a single fixed method.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit support into busy or geographically dispersed lives. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver structured interventions, teach skills, and provide ongoing coaching and check-ins that support progress over time.
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Experience
28+ years
Licensed
Louisiana
Languages
English