Susan RidenourLCSW, LSCSW

Susan Ridenour is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Kansas with decades of experience in healthcare and community settings. She holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and has spent many years helping adults navigate relationship problems, grief, career shifts, and major life changes.

Susan works mainly with adults ages 21 to 65. She helps individuals and couples who want clearer communication, support through loss, or practical coaching for workplace challenges. She also helps people facing aging or chronic illness concerns and those seeking spiritual or personal growth.

Her background includes leadership roles in large healthcare organizations and a decade of supervising and coaching others. That experience informs practical strategies for clients using employer assistance programs and people who want skills they can use outside sessions.

In sessions she uses everyday language and straightforward tools like worksheets and journals to reinforce progress between meetings. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to tailor work to each person's needs.

Susan aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak freely and work toward clearer goals. She invites people to take the first step and to use messaging and brief written exercises as part of ongoing care.

How Susan’s approaches work in online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for coping with life changes, grief, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting a person’s own problem solving. It helps people feel heard and develop confidence in their choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical techniques to change patterns that cause distress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Susan will talk with each person about goals and preferences and tailor techniques to fit what feels most useful. This is a collaborative process that may mix methods over time based on progress and need.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow brief check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let clients use written tools such as worksheets and journaling between meetings, which many people find helpful for carrying work into everyday life.