Susan Keene, LCSW

Susan Keene is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing from Utah with 18 years of clinical experience. Her primary clinical orientation is cognitive behavioral therapy, an approach that examines how habitual thoughts and self-talk shape emotional suffering and day-to-day choices. She invites clients to notice patterns of internal criticism and to work on practical, real-time changes that reduce distress and improve functioning.

Susan also pays attention to how early trauma and the brain's automatic responses continue to influence behavior in the present. In sessions she may explore how past experiences are affecting current reactions and introduce exercises designed to calm a triggered nervous system and restore a greater sense of control.

Her professional perspective is informed by both clinical training and personal experience with depression, anxiety, family conflict, and addiction. She combines evidence-based skills, clinical intuition, and sometimes insights drawn from spiritual traditions while remaining nonreligious and respectful of each person's inherent dignity.

Susan acknowledges how modern life can amplify isolation and self-blame, and she encourages curiosity, growth, and the recognition of personal worth. She recognizes that beginning therapy can feel frightening and that lasting change requires effort and collaboration. She prefers 45-minute sessions and, except for Mondays or illness, checks messages on the platform daily. She notes she is not a morning person, has had mixed results with students of Rocky Mountain University while finding success with some of their employees, and reports limited success helping women whose partner is into pornography. If a person chooses to work with her, she asks that they read and sign the disclosure form and become familiar with available platform features before scheduling an appointment.