Susan St Vrain, LMHC
Therapist in Washington
Susan St Vrain is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with three decades of clinical work in Washington.
- Licensed inWashington
- LicenseLH00006159
- NPI 1902310790
- Experience30+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Susan
Susan St Vrain is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with three decades of clinical work in Washington. She focuses on helping people find balance during stress, anxiety, loss, and big life changes. Her practice blends talk therapy with body-focused tools so clients can feel change in daily life.
She uses Attachment-Based Therapy alongside client-centered methods to help people understand relationship patterns and emotional needs. Susan also draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused approaches to shape practical steps clients can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Susan often combines mindfulness, somatic practices, and therapeutic yoga with conversation. That combination is offered for people who want to include movement, breath, or body awareness in their work on grief, trauma, or chronic stress. The aim is to make coping strategies feel usable, not just theoretical.
Her background includes trauma-informed care and long experience supporting people with ADHD, mood disorders, and caregiver stress. She frames therapy as collaborative and nonjudgmental, inviting clients to call themselves the experts on their lives while she offers tools, feedback, and structure. Sessions tend to be practical and solution-minded.
Susan helps people set small, manageable goals and track what changes. She encourages steady steps toward better sleep, improved communication, more emotional regulation, and clearer life direction.
Credentials
- LMHC (Washington)
- License LH00006159 · expires May 2026
- NPI
- 1902310790 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Susan names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
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Online support
Attachment-informed and evidence-based approaches online
Attachment-Based Therapy helps people notice how early relationship patterns affect current reactions and bonds. It supports people who want clearer emotional connection, steadier responses, and healthier ways of relating. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical ways to accept difficult inner experiences while committing to actions that match personal values; it is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating a nonjudgmental space where the person’s own goals guide the work.Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. Susan aims to learn each person’s goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped before. She collaborates on a plan and adjusts methods over time so the approach fits the client rather than the other way around.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and demonstrations of breathing or movement exercises. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option when video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support short check-ins, skill practice, and follow-up between sessions. These options provide flexibility for steady progress while juggling work, caregiving, and daily routines.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Susan works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and many life transitions. She also supports people facing caregiver strain, relationship and communication problems, and career or self-esteem struggles.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative, mixing talk therapy with mindfulness, somatic work, and therapeutic yoga. Sessions focus on practical steps and developing tools that can be used between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of clinical experience working with adults on stress, mood concerns, grief, trauma, and caregiving challenges. That background includes trauma-informed approaches and body-focused work.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Washington and practices with clients located in that state.
What languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits the client's needs.
How are fees handled?
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