Southern Oregon Counseling - Susan Freeman, M.S.

Southern Oregon Counselor

Susan has been a mental health counselor for 28 years. She works with adults, adolescents, and children, and is currently working with clients from Ashland, Talent, Phoenix, Medford, Central Point, Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Central Point, White City, Eagle Point, Rogue River, and Grants Pass.

susanfreemancounseling@gmail.com text: ‪(541) 708-1351‬

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When Susan Can Help

Susan has worked with people in all different situations and stages of life, including:

Anxiety

Sometimes worrying is productive. Other times it's not.

Trauma

Trauma can be difficult to fully heal. But progress is always possible.

Depression

We've all been so hopeless we don't want to get out of bed at some point.

Emotional Disturbance

Sometimes things hit us so hard we can end up beside ourselves.

Family Conflict

We can't live without them. But sometimes we feel like we can't live with them.

Grief

Grieving is a process. Susan can help you through that process.

Parenting

Parenting is hard! There's no perfect way, but an outside perspective helps.

Stress

Gritting teeth is one way to deal with it. Luckily there are others.

Self Esteem

Knowing your own abilities and potential is absolutely crucial.

Serving Oregon for 28 Years

Susan has been in practice in Southern, Northern, and Coastal Oregon since 1995.

Trained at S.O.U. and P.S.U.

Susan studied Clinical Social Work at Portland State, and Psychology at Southern Oregon university, where she got her master's degree.

Ashland Middle School
adolescent and family therapy
The Dunn House, Southern Oregon
trauma-informed child therapy
Center for Community Mental Health, Portland, OR
3-6 year old traumatized children
The Addiction Recovery Center, Medford, OR
adult therapy for drug and alcohol recovery
Jackson County Mental Health, Medford, OR
adult therapy
Clatsop Behavioral Therapy, Astoria, OR
adult and child therapy, including partnership with Head Start
Family Solutions, Medford, OR
adult, child, and family therapy
Columbia Care, Medford, OR
adult therapy

Agency and private background

Susan has worked at seven professional counseling agencies, as well as maintaining a private practice at times, and currently only sees clients in her private practice.

Mother of Three

And grandmother of two! When Susan isn't with her clients, she most cherishes time with family.

And yes, this website was made by her techie kids ;)

Treatment Approaches

Susan applies several different therapy approaches with her clients. These are three of the big ones.

Cognitive behavioral therapy

CBT focuses on the development of personal coping strategies that help with current problems and changing unhelpful patterns in thoughts, behaviors, and emotional regulation.

Dialectical behavior therapy

DBT works towards helping people increase their emotional and cognitive regulation by learning about the triggers that lead to reactive states and assessing which coping skills to apply.

Play Therapy

Play therapy gives children a way to express their experiences and feelings through a natural, self-guided, self-healing process.

Billing and Logistics

Sessions are 60-90 minutes in person in Ashland, over Zoom, or on the phone, usually once per week.

Each session costs $90-$130, depending on what you can afford, and you can pay with Venmo, Cash App, or Zelle.

Introductory phone calls are free.

Talk to Susan

You can talk to Susan on the phone in order for you to both gauge whether you would work well together, and there's no charge for that. Send her an email or a text if you'd like to have an intro conversation.

susanfreemancounseling@gmail.com
text: ‪(541) 708-1351‬