- Stress and anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
About Susanne
Susanne "Susy" Hoben is an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois with 13 years of professional experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Susy also focuses on attachment and abandonment issues and related patterns that come from the family people grew up in.
She prefers straightforward conversations about what is happening now and how past family roles affect current behavior. Sessions look at how expectations, closeness, and conflict from childhood show up in relationships, work, and mood. Conversations aim to make those patterns clearer so practical change is possible.
Susy draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address problems such as communication difficulties, commitment concerns, and codependency. She also supports people managing neurodiversity issues like Autism and Asperger Syndrome, and people navigating alternative sexual cultures including BDSM and kink. Work can include building coping skills for caregiver stress, body image concerns, and co-morbid mental health issues.
Her approach is direct and collaborative. She helps people identify unhelpful habits that came from their family of origin and practices different ways of relating. Sessions typically involve talking through recent situations, reflecting on family patterns, and trying new responses between meetings.
Susy conducts sessions in English and practices in Illinois. She uses a subscription model for care that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session through the online therapy options button.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Susy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people notice and change family-origin patterns. One common approach she uses focuses on attachment-related thinking and behavior, helping people recognize how early relationship roles shape trust, closeness, and responses to conflict. This can help with abandonment concerns and ongoing relationship difficulties.Another frequently used approach targets coping skills for anxiety and mood concerns. These techniques teach practical ways to manage stress, reduce avoidance, and practice calmer responses in triggering situations. They are useful for low mood, anxiety, and handling life changes that feel overwhelming.
Finding the right way of working is part of the process. She will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning helps shape session focus and homework between meetings.
Session formats are not specified in the original biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow quicker check-ins when questions come up between appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt techniques used in person to online work to keep progress moving forward.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to family patterns?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, including ways family-of-origin patterns affect those areas.
How does she work in sessions?
Her style is direct and collaborative, focusing on understanding how old family roles influence current behavior and practicing different ways of responding.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience providing clinical care.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor licensed in Illinois and practices there.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she take international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and care is provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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