Susan Galewaler

Susan Galewaler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 30 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, family conflict, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Her manner is direct and compassionate, which many clients find calming when they are uncertain about starting therapy.

She focuses on creating an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. Sessions emphasize clear communication, practical problem solving, and steady support while people work through painful events or ongoing life strain. She also addresses related concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, caregiver stress, and chronic illness and pain.

Susan has experience assisting people through divorce and separation, custody-related challenges, and the emotional fallout of control issues, guilt, and shame. She has co-authored an educational book for family therapists that supports work with custody and assessment matters. This background informs a thoughtful approach to complex family situations.

Over three decades she has helped people deal with isolation, midlife questions, men’s issues, and the specific challenges some veterans face. Her sessions aim to help clients name patterns, try different responses, and find clearer ways to relate to others. She encourages small, realistic steps that fit into everyday life.

To begin, she asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability. The process is paced to match each person’s needs and readiness to change.

Evidence-based techniques applied to online care

Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building skills people can use in daily life. For example, therapies that help name and change thinking and behavior patterns teach practical strategies for managing anxiety and depression, such as testing thoughts and building small routines that reduce stress. Approaches that concentrate on attachment and interpersonal patterns help people improve communication, set healthier boundaries, and repair trust after conflicts or abandonment experiences.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and is decided together. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Sessions often begin by trying straightforward steps and then adjusting methods based on what helps most.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use quieter surroundings or lower-bandwidth options when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and communication habits to online sessions so progress continues between meetings.