Susan sheidy

Susan Sheidy is the Clinical Director of Grace Counseling Services and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Christian Counseling, as well as her Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, from Liberty University.

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Susan believes there is incredible potential for healing and transformation that takes place in the counselor’s office. As Maya Angelou wrote, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.” This truth reflects the heart of Susan’s work—helping clients find the courage to share their stories and discover restoration through authentic therapeutic connection.

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Her counseling approach is deeply rooted in faith. Centered on our identity in Christ, Susan seeks to meet each person at the foot of the Cross, offering an abundance of grace, compassion, and truth. She integrates Christian principles with evidence-based psychological models, helping individuals, couples, and families heal and grow in both faith and emotional health.

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With over a decade of experience in clinical and counseling settings, Susan’s work has primarily focused on trauma recovery. She is an EMDR Level II therapist and has extensive experience walking alongside individuals impacted by domestic violence, grief and loss, marital crisis, addiction, suicide, and childhood sexual abuse. Her therapeutic methods include attachment-based therapy, goal setting, inner child work, differentiation, core emotions, DBT skills, experiential, mindfulness, modeling, and EMDR trauma therapy.

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Susan has a deep passion for healing communities and families, as well as for global missions. She has spent meaningful time serving children and families in Nicaragua and continues to carry that heart for outreach in her everyday work.

Outside the counseling room, Susan enjoys spending time with her family and friends, attending football games and concerts or Sunday rides through the woods on an ATV side by side.  She also enjoys traveling with her husband, Dion. She treasures watching her daughter, Lily, thrive in her Sophomore year at the University of Alabama, while her son, Luke, entered into his freshman year  at Penn State. The Sheidy family enjoys splitting time between their Pennsylvania home and their southern retreat in Nashville.

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Susan is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She has completed AAMFT’s 30-hour Supervision Training, is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and holds certifications in pastoral care counseling for trauma, abuse, marriage and family, children, and women’s counseling.

At Grace Counseling Services, Susan oversees the Children and Teen Counseling Program.  She provides supervision and mentorship to Master’s and Post-Master’s level therapists pursuing state licensure. Her leadership reflects her calling to equip others to serve with excellence, compassion, and Christ-centered wisdom. Appointments are available both in person and virtually.