Sue Frazier-Bear , LPC

Sue Frazier-Bear brings more than twenty years of professional experience to her counseling practice. She holds an MS - Master of Science, is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor, and serves as a Mental Health Service Provider. Her background includes work as a training supervisor for counselors in training, and she values the trust that develops within the therapeutic relationship, grounding her work in dignity and respect for every person.

Sue studied her craft extensively and refined her skills through collaboration with educators, psychiatrists, mentors, and fellow counselors. Having also been a therapy client herself, she appreciates the importance of empathy and understanding in clinical work. Her strengths are most evident in individual counseling, where she draws on psychodynamic and compassion-focused ideas and integrates interventions from those frameworks along with other approaches that suit each client.

Her clinical experience includes helping children and adults with anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder, addressing anger in both age groups, and working with adults who experienced childhood abuse with reparenting strategies. She also supports people through substance use concerns, developmental transitions and impasses, and stress management. Sue uses mindfulness practices such as guided relaxation, stress reduction techniques, and breathing exercises, and she is a member of the Self-Compassion Community of Kristen Neff. She is affirming of all clients and committed to supporting individuals as they seek meaning and healing.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Sue Frazier-Bear integrates approaches that help clients explore patterns, build awareness, and pursue values-driven change. Psychodynamic therapy focuses on understanding how early experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings and relationships; it can be useful for people working through family of origin issues, longstanding relationship patterns, or recurring emotional themes. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and practical exercises like guided relaxation and breathing techniques to reduce stress and increase emotional regulation, which can help with anxiety, depression, and impulsive reactions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) combines acceptance strategies with commitment to personal values, helping clients tolerate difficult emotions while taking meaningful action toward their goals.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sue works with each person to identify which techniques and concepts fit best with their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts sessions over time as progress and challenges emerge.

Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options allow for flexible scheduling, ongoing support between appointments, and the ability to work with licensed professionals from one’s own home or other convenient locations, making it easier to maintain consistency in care.