Sue Herring , LPC, LMHC

Sue Herring is a licensed counselor with 27 years of professional experience, holding credentials as an LPC and an LMHC - Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She works with people facing stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and illness-related loss, relationship and parenting challenges, and a broad range of life transitions. She emphasizes a strengths-based view, believing that each person is the expert of their own story and has resources to draw on when making changes toward a more fulfilling life.

Her path to counseling began in the Fine Arts and the restaurant industry before she returned to college in her forties to pursue clinical work. She earned a BA in Psychology from Florida State University and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Troy University. Her clinical training spans cognitive behavioral therapy, emotionally focused approaches with Matrix Reimprinting, Rapid Resolution Therapy, NET, and neurofeedback, providing a varied toolkit to address different needs. Sue avoids cookie-cutter therapy and adapts interventions to fit the unique circumstances of each individual.

Sue’s practice addresses a wide array of concerns including parenting and blended family issues, adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, communication and family of origin problems, intimacy and sexual assault recovery, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger and self-esteem concerns, ADHD, compassion fatigue, panic and post-traumatic stress, and challenges related to coping with life changes, midlife transitions, guilt and shame, and forgiveness. She aims to support and empower people as they work toward meaningful change.

Therapeutic approaches and online care with Sue Herring

Sue Herring draws on client-centered therapy to create a supportive environment where individuals are invited to explore their own goals and values while the therapist follows their lead and reflects their experience. This approach helps with relationship concerns, self-esteem, grief, and navigating life changes.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and goal oriented, often useful for managing anxiety, depression, panic, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning.

In addition, emotionally focused approaches (EFT) help people understand and reorganize emotional responses in relationships and attachment-related struggles. EFT can be effective for intimacy issues, family conflict, and processing strong emotions tied to trauma or loss.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Sue works collaboratively with each person to select and tailor methods based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She partners with clients to try strategies, review what helps, and adjust the plan over time.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for busy schedules and those who live far from in-person services. These formats make it easier to access licensed professionals from home or while traveling, support ongoing communication between sessions, and allow people to choose the way of working that best fits their life.