Susan Keene , LCSW

Susan Keene is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who emphasizes cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change thought patterns that contribute to stress and suffering. She pays particular attention to internal self talk and the ways habitual thinking can keep someone stuck, alongside recognizing how more primitive or instinctive brain responses shape behavior and emotional reactivity.

In sessions she invites careful attention to what is happening in the present moment, while also exploring how past trauma may be influencing current reactions. She uses practical exercises aimed at calming a triggered nervous system and testing new ways of responding when old patterns arise.

Susan draws on a combination of clinical training, personal experience with depression, anxiety, family conflict, and addiction, intuition, and occasional wisdom from spiritual traditions. She is not religious but honors the sense of inner worth many people hold. She often addresses isolation and loneliness, self-judgment about circumstances beyond one’s control, and the work of recognizing personal value.

She acknowledges that beginning therapy can feel intimidating and that change requires effort and curiosity. She prefers 45 minute sessions when possible and typically checks the platform daily except on Mondays or when ill. She notes she is not a morning person, has had limited success with students of Rocky Mountain University while having helped some of their employees, and has not been successful working with women whose partner is into pornography. If someone chooses to work with her she asks that they read and sign the disclosure form and try available resources such as the video session test before scheduling their first appointment. She thanks prospective clients for considering her as a therapist.