Therapist profile
Susana Mejia-Vargas, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Trauma and Family concerns
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- Trauma focus
- Bilingual English Spanish
- Adoption support
About Susana
Susana Mejia-Vargas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with four years of clinical experience. She works in both English and Spanish and focuses on helping people affected by unresolved trauma, stress, anxiety, grief, and family-related concerns.
She describes trauma as something that can affect daily life - causing hopelessness, sleep problems, irritability, and persistent stress. Susana helps people sort through how past events continue to show up in their emotions and behavior. She makes clinical judgments about care while recognizing that each person knows their own experience best.
Susana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in her work. She mentions psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral approaches, dialectical behavior ideas, narrative therapy, and motivational methods. These tools are used to help people understand painful memories, manage overwhelming emotions, and change unhelpful patterns.
She has particular experience with adoptees and adopting families. That background informs support for grief, identity questions, attachment concerns, and cultural issues that can come up in adoption and foster care contexts. She also addresses blended family challenges and common family stresses.
In sessions she listens closely and focuses on clear communication. She aims to identify how the body and mind are responding, then help clients build coping skills, resilience, and a clearer sense of purpose. The first step is a careful assessment and a collaborative plan for what to work on next.
How sessions work
Approaches used online and how they help
Susana draws on practical, evidence-based techniques to address trauma and family stress. Cognitive behavioral approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Narrative methods help people tell and reframe their life stories so painful events feel more understandable and less defining.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with clients to choose methods that fit goals, symptoms, and preferences. That means assessing how trauma, grief, or family concerns present and adjusting techniques over time rather than committing to a single method up front.
Confirm the exact online session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It can also let someone continue therapy when schedules or location change. Licensed professionals adapt pacing and tools so sessions match what a person needs in everyday life.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, unresolved trauma, grief, self-esteem, and a range of family-related issues including blended family and attachment concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses practical, evidence-based techniques and emphasizes active listening and clear communication. Sessions aim to identify how trauma shows up and build coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of professional experience as an LCSW working with trauma and family-related matters.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida and practices there.
Can I work with her in Spanish?
Yes. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.