About Suzan
Dr. Suzan McEnany helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. She is a California psychologist with 25 years of experience and brings a calm, steady presence to sessions.
Her initial focus is on understanding what feels most urgent for each person and creating a straightforward plan to address it. She practices in a warm, nonjudgmental way and encourages honest conversation about thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be practical and focused, with tools people can use between meetings. She works at a pace that fits each person, balancing problem-solving with emotional support. Her background includes long-term clinical work in California and ongoing engagement with evidence-based therapeutic techniques.
That experience informs how she structures sessions and selects strategies. She values clear goals and regular check-ins about progress. People often come to her when they feel overwhelmed by life changes, relationship conflict, caregiver stress, or the aftermath of trauma.
She also addresses concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, communication problems, and guilt or shame. Dr. McEnany aims to help people regain confidence and better manage daily demands.
Practical matters such as session format and scheduling are discussed early so therapy fits life commitments. She supports clients in learning skills to reduce distress, improve relationships, and move toward clearer priorities.
How her approaches work online and in-session
Dr. McEnany uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and emotional understanding. One approach emphasizes skill-building for anxiety and stress management, teaching breathing, pacing, and behavior changes to reduce daily overwhelm. Another approach addresses trauma and relationship wounds by helping people name painful experiences, notice patterns, and practice different ways of relating to themselves and others.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can fit short check-ins or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to share thoughts between sessions or check in on difficult moments without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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