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Susan Filosa, LPC

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationColorado
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
  • LanguagesEnglish and Spanish
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About Susan

Susan Filosa is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who brings a decade of clinical experience to work with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem challenges, and life transitions.

Background and approach

She approaches therapy with an emphasis on creativity, inner resources, and practical skills to help clients recover stability and move toward their values. Her work also addresses concerns such as abandonment, communication problems, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, narcissism-related dynamics, post-traumatic stress, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues.

Susan uses interventions drawn from several evidence-informed traditions and adapts them to each person’s situation and preferences. Sessions emphasize resilience-building and concrete coping strategies while incorporating mindfulness and narrative techniques to clarify meaning and strengthen identity.

Based in Colorado, she offers services in English and Spanish and draws on a background of clinical work in varied settings to support clients toward clearer decision-making and improved emotional balance. Prospective clients are invited to begin by completing a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling according to availability.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Options

Internal Family Systems (IFS) focuses on understanding and dialoguing with the parts of the self that hold emotions and beliefs, helping people reduce internal conflict and heal from trauma-related patterns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and the client’s own capacity for growth, making it useful for improving self-esteem and navigating life transitions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) targets emotional patterns in relationships and individual attachment-related distress by helping people identify and transform core emotions that drive behavior.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to explore which methods resonate, tailor interventions to goals and preferences, and adjust the plan over time based on progress and feedback.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for scheduling and allow clients to engage in therapy from locations that fit their lives. These formats make regular contact easier to maintain and allow licensed professionals to apply mindfulness, narrative, and IFS-informed techniques in ways that suit each client's needs.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
Susan works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem issues, and coping with life changes, plus related areas such as abandonment, social anxiety, and women's issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and creative, blending practical coping skills with mindfulness and narrative work to help clients build resilience and clarity.
What is her clinical background and experience level?
She has 10 years of clinical experience, including work in settings such as a federal veterans affairs hospital and a state psychiatric residential hospital.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
Susan is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the Colorado LPC credential CO LPC LPC.0017971 and practices in Colorado.
Does she offer services in multiple languages or to international clients?
Sessions are available in English and Spanish. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats does she provide?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.
How are sessions priced and paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseGriefSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentCommunication problemsIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeNarcissismPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyEmotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Colorado

Languages

English, Spanish