About Susan
Susan Davis is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 35 years of experience. She aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship or parenting concerns.
Background and approach
Her style is respectful and compassionate, with a focus on listening first and adapting to each person's needs. She spent many years in independent practice and also developed and ran a training program for marriage and family therapy interns.
She has supervised third- and fourth-year psychiatric residents during their therapy hours and taught as an adjunct professor at three universities. She also coauthored two books on community mental health.
In sessions she tailors conversation and plans to match what the client needs right now. That could mean skills to manage anxiety, mapping relationship patterns, or help working through loss.
She uses practical techniques alongside talks about feelings so people walk away with both understanding and tools. Susan draws on several approaches to shape work with each person, including attachment-focused ideas, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral strategies.
She will collaborate with clients to set goals and check progress as therapy continues. Therapy sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to the therapist's availability.
How Susan’s approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns shape emotions and behavior; it helps people understand closeness, trust, and reactions in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers on being heard without judgment and on building a collaborative relationship; this approach helps when someone needs space to process feelings and find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try, review progress, and adjust the plan as needed so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video lets people read facial cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be a good shorter option or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, and options for people who prefer typing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English