Susan Schwerd, MD, LCPC

Licensed in Maryland · 24 years in practice

Susan Schwerd is a Maryland-based counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and problems with sleep and anger.

License and registration

LCPC, Maryland: LC2134 · expires January 2028
NPI: 1881805281 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 24
Languages: English

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About Susan

Susan Schwerd is a Maryland-based counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and problems with sleep and anger. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, cancer, chronic pain, and life changes that affect work and family roles. Susan combines talk therapy and practical tools so people can feel steadier day to day.

She trained in counseling psychology and has practiced since 1999, bringing 24 years of clinical experience.

Background and approach

Before therapy work she spent a decade in human resources, which shaped her coaching focus for career and productivity concerns. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Maryland - LCPC. Susan blends psychodynamic ideas with solution-focused methods and hypnotherapy techniques.

In sessions she helps people notice repetitive patterns, understand where those patterns come from, and try new ways of responding. She uses brief, goal-oriented steps alongside deeper exploration of past influences. Practical tools are part of her work.

She teaches breathing and self-hypnosis skills to manage anxiety and chronic pain. Neurofeedback and eye movement integration are sometimes used as adjunct supports when appropriate. Susan offers video and phone sessions and communicates occasionally between visits by message.

Her approach is collaborative and calm, aiming for steady change rather than quick fixes.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Family conflicts
Grief
Sleeping disorders
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Compassion fatigue
Cancer
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Traumatic brain injury

Approaches Susan names

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Online support

How her approaches work online

Psychodynamic therapy looks at recurring patterns and early influences to explain why certain feelings and reactions keep returning. Online sessions let a therapist help a person name those patterns and try different responses in real time.

Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, achievable changes and clear goals. Over video or phone the therapist and client set practical steps to try between visits and check progress at the next meeting.

Hypnotherapy in her work focuses on guided relaxation and suggestions to help with anxiety, sleep, and pain management. She can teach self-hypnosis and breathing practices during a video or phone session so people can use those skills on their own.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to a person's needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan over time based on what helps.

Online appointments use video calls and phone sessions for full visits, and she will answer a small number of messages between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins by phone, or avoid being on camera when that helps. They offer flexibility while preserving the same therapeutic focus used in in-person care.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she help with?

Susan supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, grief, sleep problems, anger, career strain, compassion fatigue, and challenges tied to chronic illness or cancer.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style mixes psychodynamic exploration with solution-focused steps and practical techniques. Sessions balance understanding past patterns with short-term goals and skill practice.

How much experience does she have?

She brings 24 years of clinical experience since beginning practice in 1999, plus prior work in human resources that informs her coaching approach.

Where does she practice and what are her credentials?

She practices in Maryland and holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - LCPC.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She provides video calls and phone sessions, and she will respond to a limited number of messages between sessions; live chat and full messaging-based therapy are not used.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

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