- Attachment-focused
- Mindfulness-based
- Practical tools
About Susan
Susan Garner is a licensed marriage and family therapist with two decades of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, depression, and self esteem concerns. Her approach aims to help people feel clearer and more confident about their lives and choices.
Susan works in a straightforward, conversational way. She listens first to understand what matters most to each person. Together she and the client set goals and practical steps to reach them. Sessions often include looking at patterns from family history and current relationship dynamics.
Her work blends several approaches. She uses attachment-based ideas to map how early relationships shape current ones. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness practices and emotionally focused ideas support noticing feelings and strengthening close connections.
Susan brings both professional training and life experience to sessions. She describes therapy as a partnership where respect and acceptance help people feel less alone. Many clients seek help for heartbreak, grief, anger, career stress, or issues around intimacy and body image.
Over the years she has helped people work on communication, boundaries, managing mood swings, and coping with big life changes. Her license is LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She practices in California and works with English-speaking clients, including those located outside the U.S.
Susan works in a straightforward, conversational way. She listens first to understand what matters most to each person. Together she and the client set goals and practical steps to reach them. Sessions often include looking at patterns from family history and current relationship dynamics.
Her work blends several approaches. She uses attachment-based ideas to map how early relationships shape current ones. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness practices and emotionally focused ideas support noticing feelings and strengthening close connections.
Susan brings both professional training and life experience to sessions. She describes therapy as a partnership where respect and acceptance help people feel less alone. Many clients seek help for heartbreak, grief, anger, career stress, or issues around intimacy and body image.
Over the years she has helped people work on communication, boundaries, managing mood swings, and coping with big life changes. Her license is LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She practices in California and works with English-speaking clients, including those located outside the U.S.