Dr. Susan Fleming, LMFT
Compassionate, practical therapy for stress and relationships
About Susan
Dr. Susan Fleming is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 18 years of clinical experience.
Background and approach
She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, and depression. Her style is down-to-earth and practical, aimed at making therapy understandable and useful from the first session.
She keeps sessions straightforward and goal-minded. People can expect clear steps to manage worry, low mood, or the pull of unhealthy habits.
She also helps with communication problems, feelings of isolation or loneliness, and social anxiety or phobia. In the therapy room she blends techniques that change unhelpful thinking and patterns with work that focuses on emotions and connection.
That means people learn new ways to steady mood and to talk about what matters. The approach is aimed at small, steady changes that add up over time.
Dr. Fleming uses talk, exercises, and practical skills so clients can try things between sessions.
She supports work on self-love and healthier relationship habits. Sessions are paced to fit each person’s needs and goals.
She offers care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits their calendar.
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Work
Dr. Fleming commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments. It can help reduce worry, manage mood, and change habits that feed anxiety or depression. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, centers on identifying core feelings and how they influence connection and interaction. It is useful when relationship patterns or intense emotions feel stuck.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives or limited local options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth or camera time is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging make quick check-ins and ongoing support easier. These options help fit therapy into different schedules and needs while keeping the focus on making steady, practical changes.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English