Janice Suskey, LPC, LMHC

Janice Suskey is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Arkansas with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and challenges with self-esteem and motivation. Janice also supports those navigating grief, relationship concerns, parenting strains, and addictions. She aims to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.

Janice shapes conversations and plans around each person’s needs. Sessions move at a practical pace and emphasize skills people can use between meetings. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and DBT strategies to build emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Emotionally-Focused Therapy elements help when relationships and attachment feel central to the problem.

Her approach is client-centered, which means the person in front of her guides the goals and the topics. Janice also incorporates hypnotherapy when appropriate and when a person is interested in that option. She aims to make therapy straightforward and focused on real-life changes.

Janice brings two decades of clinical experience to common crossroads - divorce, blended family stress, caregiver burden, codependency, and work through family of origin issues. She also supports people struggling with infidelity, jealousy, guilt, shame, and end-of-life caregiving concerns.

Beginning therapy involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and costs vary by location and therapist availability. Taking the first step is often the hardest part, and Janice highlights that choosing help is something to be proud of.

How these approaches shape online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and goals. It means the therapist listens closely, follows the client’s lead, and helps set goals that feel meaningful. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort priorities and make decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises to change patterns that cause stress, anxiety, or low mood. CBT can help with everyday coping, motivation, and depressive symptoms.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes building emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. It can be useful when emotions feel intense or relationships are a frequent source of difficulty.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. This is a collaborative decision and can change as progress unfolds.

Confirm current session formats before booking because the profile does not specify which online options are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow a shorter check-in during a work break, or avoid the need to be on camera if that feels better. Licensed professionals tailor sessions to what helps someone make steady progress while fitting therapy into daily routines.