- Years in practice
- 40
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Susan
Susan Berg is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with 40 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and parenting challenges. She emphasizes that clients know their stories best and brings steady, practical support as people take steps toward change.
Susan works in a respectful, straightforward way. She listens first and helps people name what matters most to them.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to build on daily strengths and to make clear, manageable plans for change. She avoids jargon and uses plain language so parents can apply ideas between sessions. Her background includes long-term clinical work across a range of life stresses.
That history informs a calm, experienced approach when people bring grief, compassion fatigue, or past hurt into sessions. She draws on what has worked in practice rather than on fads or buzzwords. Susan often helps people untangle patterns such as attachment struggles, communication problems, codependency, and control issues.
She also supports those dealing with caregiver stress, blended family concerns, and the fallout from separation or divorce. In sessions she helps people set realistic goals and practice new ways of interacting. Parents who want practical strategies and steady support will find a clear, empathetic presence.
Susan encourages small, measurable steps and offers guidance that fits the demands of everyday family life.
What Susan works with
Everything Susan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Susan helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Women's issues
Online approaches and how they help
Susan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-world change. One common approach she employs helps people identify and change unhelpful interaction patterns in relationships by practicing new communication skills and small behavioral experiments. This style often helps with communication problems, codependency, and blended family concerns.Another approach centers on processing grief and past hurt in manageable pieces. It involves naming painful memories, pacing emotional work, and building coping skills so grief and trauma feel less overwhelming. This method is helpful for trauma, grief, and compassion fatigue.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Susan works collaboratively with each person to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She listens to what matters most and adjusts the work as progress unfolds.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing problem-solving between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into family life and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Susan
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Susan works with people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses related issues like communication problems, codependency, and caregiver stress.
What is her general therapy style?
Her approach is direct and practical, focusing on listening first and building on a person's strengths. Sessions aim for clear, doable steps you can try between meetings.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 40 years of professional work experience, which shapes a calm and steady clinical presence for people facing complex life stresses.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she use?
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on therapist availability.
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