Dr. Suzanne Degges-White , LCMHC, LCPC

Dr. Suzanne Degges-White is a seasoned mental health professional based in Illinois with 24 years of clinical experience. She holds the credentials LCMHC and LCPC - titles that indicate training and licensure as a clinical mental health counselor and a clinical professional counselor - and brings a strengths-based, humanistic perspective to her work. She helps people navigate relationship and family challenges, LGBTQ concerns, self-esteem and motivation issues, life transitions, stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related difficulties, parenting and anger management, as well as career and depression-related concerns.

She views each person as the expert of their own story and emphasizes empowerment, practical coping strategies, and choices that move clients toward greater wellbeing. Whether change is deliberate or arises from unexpected circumstances, she supports clients in managing both planned and sudden transitions and in developing skills to handle life stressors and relational problems.

In therapy she draws on a humanistic framework and integrates cognitive and behavioral techniques and existential ideas when appropriate. She often includes brief homework such as bibliotherapy and journaling to reinforce new perspectives and behaviors. Her approach is collaborative, focused on helping people increase resilience, reclaim agency, and pursue a more fulfilling life.