Sus Austill , LCSW

Sus Austill is an LCSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings decades of lived experience and clinical practice to her work in Florida. She combines personal recovery and long-term caregiving experience with formal clinical skills to support people facing addiction, trauma, grief, relationship challenges, mood disorders, and stress-related concerns.

With 40 years of sobriety and 39 years of parenting, she has spent 28 years working with children, adolescents, adults, and families in mental health, substance use disorders, and crisis stabilization across outpatient, residential, and inpatient settings. Six years of her own therapeutic work inform a practice that values reflection and an intuitive, adaptable approach rather than reliance on a single method.

Her virtual toolbox includes genograms, recovery-based therapy, motivational interviewing, empathic listening, gestalt techniques, cognitive-behavioral theory, narrative therapy, mindfulness, and tai chi. Areas of focus include PTSD, moral injury, compassion fatigue, substance use and dependency, ADHD, LGBTQ concerns, depression, anxiety, childhood trauma, and family systems. She also supports people coping with cancer, caregiver stress, codependency, domestic violence, and issues related to impulse control, isolation, life purpose, and veteran or first responder experiences.

Sustaining a compassionate presence, she offers practical tools for repair or new directions and a chance to tell one’s story. Sus welcomes people who feel marginalized or isolated and aims to walk alongside clients as they move through difficult ground toward renewed coping and connection.

Therapeutic Approaches and Care Online

Sus Austill uses client-centered therapy to place the client's experience and goals at the core of the work - this approach emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration to help people feel heard and to identify their own path forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to help clients notice and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Mindfulness therapy introduces present-focused awareness and gentle attention to thoughts and sensations, offering practical tools for managing emotional reactivity and supporting trauma recovery or ongoing stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Sus works collaboratively with each person to determine what fits best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Treatment plans can evolve as progress is made and as life circumstances change.

Online therapy with Sus is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to maximize flexibility. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or geographical distance, and allow clients to engage in therapy in ways that suit their comfort and daily routines while accessing licensed professionals and therapists who can support their recovery and growth.