Dr. Susan (Sue) Futeral, LCSW-C
About me
I am licensed in Maryland with 33 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, & eating disorders. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
Professional experience
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, First responder issues, Gender dysphoria, Hoarding, Immigration issues, Military and veterans issues, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Sexual assault and abuse, Somatization
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Hypnotherapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
License information
MD LCSW-C 04787
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Dr. Susan (Sue) Futeral. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Dr. Futeral is by far the most helpful and caring mental health professional that I have encountered and she has been helping me immensely. I’ve dealt with a lot of inattentive therapists and I stopped going for a while because of that. But ever since I started seeing dr. Futeral about eight or nine months ago, I’ve but looking forward to our appointments, and really enjoying and benefiting from therapy again. She’s the best and I would highly recommend her to anyone. You can tell she really loves her job and cares deeply about people and honestly has single-handedly restored my faith in therapy. :)
Written on May 07, 2024 after therapy with Susan (Sue) for 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, and adhd
Very sweet, listens and communicates well, helps with solving life term goals. Improving my anxiety about future impacts
Written on Feb 21, 2024 after therapy with Susan (Sue) for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and adhd
Dr. Futeral is friendly, knowledgeable, and professional. Her experience informs her counseling well, and she is often quite empathetic with me. I always look forward to meeting with her!
Written on Jan 21, 2024 after therapy with Susan (Sue) for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and relationship issues
Dr. Futeral has been very helpful to me so far. I am having family issues and she helps me figure out ways I can help myself. She is understanding and tells me things I need to hear. I would recommend her as a therapist.
Written on Aug 27, 2023 after therapy with Susan (Sue) for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, self esteem, and career difficulties
Dr. Sue is a great listener, knows how to help you see the positives without minimising your issues, and has a good understanding of the rapidly changing and nuanced landscape of the LGBT community. One of the first therapists I have met that helps me with “trans” issues without ignoring my other concerns. She can pivot seamlessly and is a lovely person to talk to! I would recommend her to anybody, LGBT or not.
Written on Aug 15, 2023 after therapy with Susan (Sue) for 2 months
She brings a lot of clinical experience and expertise and uses it to create and individualized action plan for clients
Written on May 18, 2023 after therapy with Susan (Sue) for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, career difficulties, and coping with life changes