- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- CBT strategies
- Mindfulness skills
About Susan
Susan Haynes-Carabello is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes.
Susan uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) alongside client-centered, cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, solution-focused, and trauma-informed approaches. She draws on years of study in areas that include neuropsychology, neuroplasticity, meditation, and trauma release techniques to inform her work with individuals.
Sessions focus on practical tools and clear steps. Susan helps clients name and regulate strong emotions, challenge unhelpful thinking patterns, and build coping skills. She also addresses issues that often accompany major life transitions, such as isolation, caregiver stress, aging concerns, and questions about life purpose.
Her background includes extensive postgraduate study and applied work in topics related to motivation, self-esteem, and recovery from traumatic events. That experience shapes her emphasis on skill teaching and collaborative problem solving rather than on passive advice.
Susan encourages people to work at a pace that fits their needs. She supports those coping with grief, hospice and end-of-life concerns, veterans issues, traumatic brain injury effects, seasonal mood shifts, and women’s issues. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are accepted.
To begin, prospective clients follow the site’s matching and scheduling steps so they can describe current concerns and choose a first session time that works for them.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and work with strong emotions that keep them stuck. EFT focuses on recognizing emotional patterns and creating new, healthier responses when feelings are intense.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, non-directive stance that lets the client set the pace and topics. It supports building self-understanding through reflective listening and collaborative conversation.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises. CBT teaches specific skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress through structured practice and homework.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try approaches that match the client’s needs in collaboration with them.
The original biography does not list which session formats are used, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and reduce the need to travel. Licensed professionals can adapt EFT, client-centered methods, and CBT to remote sessions while focusing on practical exercises and emotional processing.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
Susan works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on related issues such as abandonment, caregiver stress, aging concerns, and veterans issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
She practices in a collaborative, skills-focused style that combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions include naming emotions, building coping skills, and changing unhelpful thinking patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of professional experience and extensive postgraduate study in topics like neuropsychology, trauma release, and motivation.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida LMHC and practices from Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current session options before booking through the site matching process.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.