Meet Susi
(she, her)
Susi Wilbur is a Deaf Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings compassion, insight, and years of experience to her work with clients. She has served in many different roles as both a social worker and a community advocate, supporting people from diverse backgrounds. Susi provides therapy for children, pre-adolescents, adolescents, and adults, helping clients navigate challenges such as depression, trauma from physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, and major life transitions.
Susi also has extensive experience supporting individuals with serious mental illness in collaboration with community services boards. Her approach is person-centered and strengths-based, emphasizing safety, empowerment, and connection. She values accessible and inclusive care, working with Deaf and hard of hearing clients in a supportive, culturally aware environment.
Before becoming a social worker, Susi worked as an outdoor instructor in Colorado and Wyoming, teaching rock climbing, backpacking, whitewater rafting, and adaptive skiing. She brings this experiential, strengths-based perspective into her therapeutic work, helping clients connect mind and body in their healing process.
EXPERIENCE
Susi Wilbur is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nearly 20 years of experience in screening, assessment, and treatment planning across a variety of settings. She has a diverse professional background that integrates clinical expertise, advocacy, and experiential education.
Her experience includes:
• ACT-informed background
• Certified Hatha Yoga Instructor (RYT 200)
• Case Manager / Intensive In-Home Clinician with the Valley Community Services Board
• Supervisor at Piedmont CASA
• Lead Behavior Specialist with the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind
• Psychotherapist with ACES
• Community Development Liaison for Civic Access
EDUCATION
• B.A., Human Ecology – Connecticut College, 1981
• M.Ed., Experiential Education – University of Colorado, Boulder, 1985
• M.S.W., Social Work – Virginia Commonwealth University, 1999
