Susan Keene

Susan Keene is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Utah with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship problems, self-esteem difficulties, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, anger management, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.

Her primary therapeutic approach is cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on how thoughts and self-talk influence feelings and behavior. She encourages a careful examination of the inner dialogue that often maintains suffering, and she uses practical exercises to help shift unhelpful thinking patterns.

Susan also respects the powerful role of the more primitive or reactive parts of the brain in shaping behavior. In sessions she invites close attention to current triggers, explores how past trauma may be operating in the present, and experiments with calming strategies to reduce reactivity.

Her life experience includes many of the struggles clients commonly face: anger and communication difficulties, decisions about staying in or leaving relationships, supporting a loved one with addiction, losing someone to suicide, anxiety and depression, toxic parental relationships, difficult adult children, aging, and chronic pain. She recognizes that people today are often more isolated and prone to self-blame for circumstances beyond their control, and she prefers to help clients rediscover their inherent worth.

Susan is familiar with Utah culture and has worked with clients experiencing various forms of faith crisis. She understands that reaching out for help can feel frightening and that many people hope for someone to simply fix things - but real change requires collaborative effort. She encourages curiosity and ongoing personal growth rather than settling for a baseline level of misery.

Those who choose to work with Susan are asked to complete an information form and use the app to schedule an initial session. Sessions are offered in 30- or 45-minute formats, with a preference for 45-minute appointments. She typically checks the platform daily except on Mondays, some holidays, or when ill. Although she is not a morning person, she can schedule around lunch hours or children’s school schedules, and she invites clients to message her if a preferred time does not appear available. She looks forward to working with new clients.