About Susan

Susan Faix is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with over 26 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and life transitions. Her work also includes support for people facing addictions, grief, parenting strain, relationship challenges, and ADHD-related difficulties.

Susan keeps therapy straightforward and practical. She listens first, then collaborates on goals that matter to the client. Sessions are shaped to fit each person's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

Background and approach

Her background includes long-term clinical practice across a range of concerns, from trauma and attachment wounds to self-esteem and career stress. That variety helps her adapt tools and conversations to different situations. She draws on approaches that emphasize understanding emotions, improving communication, and building useful daily skills.

In sessions she aims to be respectful and compassionate. The tone is direct but warm, and the work often moves between talking through feelings and practicing small behavior changes. Parents who feel overwhelmed or people managing mood and attention challenges will find a focus on real-life strategies.

Susan encourages small steps toward clearer routines, steadier relationships, and better coping habits. She supports clients through change, whether they are rebuilding after loss, negotiating family tensions, or learning to manage impulsivity and focus. The aim is practical progress people can notice in their day-to-day life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes how early connections shape current relationships and emotional responses; it helps people understand patterns in close relationships and work on safer ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful behaviors. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at emotional experience in relationships and helps people name, accept, and express feelings to improve connection and reduce distress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist work together to pick methods that fit the person's needs, pace, and preferences.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging fits brief check-ins or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and daily routines while using the approaches above to address anxiety, attention challenges, relationship issues, and life changes.

Questions people ask

What concerns does she help with?
Susan works with adults on issues such as anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and family stress, parenting strain, ADHD, trauma, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and direct. She listens carefully, then tailors conversations and practical strategies to each person's goals.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 26 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and offering psychotherapy to adults.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential (LMFT) and practices from California.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time and works with clients located in California.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

What this therapist works with

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Experience
26 years
Licensed
California
Languages
English

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