- 27 years experience
- Adoption and foster care
- Client-centered approach
About Sue
Sue Herring is a licensed professional counselor with 27 years of clinical experience. She holds LPC and LMHC credentials and practices in South Carolina. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns, and supports clients navigating life changes and difficult emotions.
Her path to counseling began after a career in the restaurant industry and studies in the fine arts. She returned to school in her forties and earned a BA in Psychology from Florida State University and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Troy University. Those life changes shape how she listens and responds to others.
Sue uses a flexible, person-focused approach in sessions. She leans on Client-Centered ideas to follow the client's lead and uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns. Emotionally-Focused and Trauma-Focused work guide support for relationship pain and trauma reactions.
She often helps people who are coping with adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and family of origin problems. Other areas she supports include parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and grief.
Sue emphasizes practical steps and real-world skills. She helps clients practice new ways of talking and managing strong feelings. The goal is clearer thinking and more effective choices in daily life.
Her style is warm and straightforward. She invites clients to notice their strengths and use them toward change. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on therapist availability.
How Sue’s approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters most to the client. In practice this means the therapist reflects back what she hears and helps clients find their own answers, which can work well in conversation-based online sessions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build different habits. Online work can include practicing new thinking patterns, doing short exercises between sessions, and tracking progress over time.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on understanding emotions that arise in close relationships and on shifting interaction patterns. This approach can support people dealing with attachment wounds, intimacy concerns, or grief when used in regular virtual meetings.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adjust methods as work progresses.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when a full session is not needed. Licensed professionals can also assign short exercises between meetings to reinforce new skills and keep momentum.
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Experience
27+ years
Credentials
South Carolina, Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Sue help with?
Sue works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, ADHD, and related challenges. She also focuses on adoption and foster care matters and blended family or caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a person-focused style that combines Client-Centered listening with practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused and Trauma-Focused approaches. Sessions emphasize clear steps and real-world skills.
What background does she bring to therapy?
She has 27 years of professional experience and a life path that includes earlier work in the restaurant industry and studies in the fine arts. She holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in Counseling Psychology.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with the credentials LPC and LMHC and provides services in South Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options with the provider before scheduling.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.