Susan Lockard, LPC
Pennsylvania · 16 years in practice
Susan Lockard is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting challenges.
License and registration
- LPC, Pennsylvania
- PC012487 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1699390906 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Susan
Susan Lockard is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting challenges. She works with concerns like low self-esteem, ADHD, grief, anger, and compassion fatigue. Clients can expect straightforward, compassionate support aimed at day-to-day coping and emotional relief.
Susan uses a mix of practical techniques and listening skills to help people feel steadier. She often combines talk-based work with skills practice to reduce panic, calm intense emotions, and improve communication.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real problems and small, doable steps toward change. Her background spans 16 years of clinical work in mental health. That experience shapes a calm, patient style and an emphasis on building resilience over time.
She pays attention to how past relationships and family issues affect current struggles. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is one of the approaches she includes when trauma memories are involved. Susan also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge distressing thoughts and dialectical skills to manage strong emotions.
Many clients appreciate her direct, empathetic manner and practical focus on coping skills. She helps people clarify values, repair communication patterns, and find small ways to feel better each week. Her aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Susan names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Susan uses EMDR to work with trauma memories by helping the brain reprocess distressing events so they feel less overwhelming. EMDR can be paired with talk work to address strong reactions linked to past events.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, panic, mood problems, and stress because it includes clear exercises and homework that fit well with remote sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT skills appear in her work when people need better emotion regulation and interpersonal skills. DBT techniques like mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation can be taught and practiced in video or messaging formats.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. The plan can change as needs shift, and the focus is on what helps the person feel safer and more capable.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face work and guided exercises, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging supports short check-ins and ongoing skill practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and daily life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
Susan works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, ADHD, grief, parenting stress, anger, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and compassionate with an emphasis on practical skills and steady progress. Sessions combine listening with exercises aimed at managing emotions and improving communication.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 16 years of experience working in mental health settings and community care, bringing that experience into her current practice.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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