Suzanne Stokes, LMHC
Florida · 38 years in practice
Suzanne Stokes is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 38 years of experience.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH2685 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1780857888 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 38
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Suzanne
Suzanne Stokes is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 38 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, low self-esteem, addiction, grief, trauma, and life transitions. Suzanne aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for everyday life.
Suzanne uses a mix of talking, skill practice, and guided relaxation to help people reduce symptoms and handle challenges. She incorporates hypnotherapy alongside cognitive behavioral tools and acceptance-based strategies.
Background and approach
Many sessions focus on building clearer communication, managing emotions, and setting small, do-able goals. Her style is calm and direct. Suzanne listens and then offers concrete steps people can use between sessions.
She supports exploration of attachment patterns and how past relationships shape current behavior. She also addresses work stress, caregiver strain, chronic illness concerns, and issues common to first responders. Suzanne works with people on intimacy-related concerns, commitment issues, body image, and parenting stress.
She pays attention to identity and LGBT concerns and helps with substance use challenges without judgment. Therapy often blends practical change techniques with deeper reflection on values and meaning. Clients can expect a collaborative plan tailored to their needs.
Suzanne explains approaches in simple language and checks in on progress regularly. Her goal is to help people develop tools they can use in everyday life and to notice steady improvement over time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Suzanne lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Suzanne names
- Hypnotherapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people name what matters and take small committed steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments to change feelings and behavior. Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to help people access calm states and reinforce new coping responses during and between sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist works together with each person to find which methods match their goals, preferences, and pace. Sessions may combine techniques and evolve as progress is made, so the plan stays focused on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full face-to-face feel, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat and text are good for brief check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into workdays, caregiving schedules, or times when travel is difficult.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Suzanne commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, self-esteem, trauma, grief, addictions, ADHD, and related issues like caregiver stress and chronic pain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm, direct, and collaborative. Sessions mix conversation, practical skill practice, and reflective work to build usable coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 38 years of professional experience working with a broad range of concerns and life transitions.
What credentials and region are listed for Suzanne?
She is listed as a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor, shown as FL LMHC, and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits the client's needs.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Suzanne?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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