Practitioner record · Checked 9 Oct 2026
Sue Frazier-Bear has been in practice 20 years and is licensed in Tennessee. Sue lists stress, Anxiety, trauma and abuse and grief among 41 subjects on the BetterHelp roster.
Everything below is either quoted from Sue's own BetterHelp listing, taken from public licensing records, or written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such. Nothing here is an availability promise, a review, or a rating.
01 · Who Sue works with
Sue lists 14 specialisms and 27 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Sue chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.
02 · In Sue's own words
Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.
Sue Frazier-Bear MS/LPC/MHSP/S
Welcome to the safety and acceptance of my counseling space. I bring over twenty years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Mental Health Service Provider. I also bring experience as a training supervisor of those aspiring to be counselors. As a provider who has also sat in the client’s chair in therapy, I bring an understanding of the importance of trust in this very special relationship, which for me, is founded in the belief of dignity and respect for all. Over the years I have studied my craft extensively, and I have honed my counseling skills in concentrated work in education and with psychiatrists, mentors, and other counselors. Yet, it is my work with my clients that has given me the greatest understanding of my purpose as a counseling professional and my place as a support for those clients as they address issues and work to find meaning in the journey. My skills are best employed in individual counseling where I rely on a variety of theories including psycho-dynamic and compassion-focused. I employ a variety of interventions from these two theories, and other theories that work with individual clients.
Specific areas of focus and experience:
Anxiety, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder in adults and children;
Anger issues in adults and children;
Substance Abuse issues in adults;
Adults abused as children and reparenting
Transitions and impasses in developmental stages;
Mindfulness, guided relaxation, stress reduction, and breathing exercises;
Member, Self-Compassion Community of Kristen Neff
Affirming of all;
Sue Frazier-Bear, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026
03 · How Sue works
These are the clinical methods Sue lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Sue's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Sue runs a session.
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04 · What happens next
Sue practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Sue's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.
BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Sue at this point.
BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Sue is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Sue.
You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.
A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.
Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.
05 · Before you commit
Built from what Sue actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Sue's - Sue has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.
“How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”
Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.
“With 20 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”
Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.
“How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”
On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.
06 · Practical details
07 · Provenance
Sue's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.
The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.
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