Dr. Susan (Sue) Futeral, LCSW-C

Dr. Susan (Sue) Futeral is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Maryland with 33 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and eating concerns. Her work begins with creating an open space where clients can talk honestly about what they are feeling.

She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on what matters most now and on small changes that add up. Sue listens for patterns in thoughts and behavior, then suggests steps people can try between sessions to test what helps.

Sue draws on several approaches to meet different needs. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She applies cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking. Mindfulness practices are offered when slowing down and noticing experience is useful.

Clients often come with grief, life transitions, work stress, sleep problems, or questions about identity and relationships. She also addresses issues such as addiction, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are aimed at helping people regain steadiness and clearer direction.

Her style is calm and nonjudgmental. She encourages collaboration about goals and next steps. To begin, the site matching process helps connect a person with her profile and schedule a first session.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions using this approach can help people notice recurring relationship responses and practice new ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and tests small changes to reduce distress. CBT-style work online often includes brief exercises, thought records, and action plans to try between meetings. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus; these exercises can be guided in a session and repeated by the person afterward.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That might mean blending techniques or adjusting pace as the work unfolds.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. It also lets people use audio-only meetings when a lighter setup is preferable or a video session when visual cues help the work. Ask about the current session options when you schedule to choose what will fit best.