About Susan
Therapy can create a meaningful space for connection, reflection, and growth.
Through virtual sessions, you can show up as your whole self in a place that feels comfortable and familiar.
Susan L. Weiss, MSc, LMSW
Susan’s work brings together more than 30 years in New Mexico’s nonprofit community with social-work training, conflict-resolution training, teaching, and disability advocacy, supporting conversations about mental-health access and self-advocacy.
Susan also worked in Colorado’s nonprofit sector as a low vision specialist and independent living advocate. Her work has included helping people with disabilities navigate services and developing resources and programs for New Mexico communities. That experience informs both her therapy practice and her consulting work: she listens to personal experience while paying attention to the systems around it.
For 11 years, Susan served as chief editor and writer of Bridges, an award-winning local newspaper exploring life in Albuquerque, New Mexico, through the experiences and perspectives of the disability community.
As a person with disabilities, Susan understands what it can feel like to move through systems that do not always make room. Her work is shaped by that lived experience, her family’s experiences, and a commitment to self-advocacy, mental-health education, and reducing stigma.
She is a Licensed Master Social Worker in New Mexico and completed her Master of Social Work at New Mexico Highlands University. Susan also holds a master’s degree in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution from Creighton University School of Law. Her clinical practice is provided under LCSW supervision.
Equal Ground at a glance
Where reflection meets action.
Therapy, advocacy, and practical support shaped around your life, your choices, and what matters to you.
Who Susan works with
- Adults navigating stress, change, or trauma
- Caregivers and solo agers
- People with disabilities and chronic health conditions
- Individuals seeking clarity, connection, and growth
- Communities and organizations seeking consultation and education
Susan offers a warm, collaborative approach rooted in respect, compassion, and each person’s strengths.
Clinical social work services are provided under LCSW supervision.
Ways to find support
- Individual psychotherapy
- Online therapy for adults and elders in New Mexico, with space for anxiety, trauma, life transitions, relationships, and self-esteem.
- Caregiving and aging
- Support and resources for family caregivers, people receiving care, and people planning for later life on their own terms.
- Disability self-advocacy
- Practical help to navigate systems, explore resources, and speak up about your needs and choices.
- Mediation, communication, and education
- Programs in resource navigation and universally designed conflict resolution training are in development. The training focuses on user-friendly learning for everyone, including neurodivergent people, with respect for self-determination and different ways of communicating.
Let’s connect
Everyone deserves a space where they can be heard, understood, and supported in moving forward.
Experience that informs the work