- Client-centered approach
- Focus on codependency
- California LMFT
About Sue
Sue (Susie) Swartz is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, codependency, and life changes. She works with individuals struggling with relationship and parenting concerns, addictions, caregiving strain, and identity questions such as LGBT issues. Sue writes plainly and listens closely to each person's story before planning what comes next.
Sue uses a client-centered style that highlights the strengths people already carry. She guides clients to notice patterns in thoughts and behavior that get in the way of change. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings to test new ways of coping.
Her practice draws on a mix of evidence-based approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-focused work, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. Those methods are used to address things like avoidance, commitment worries, body image, chronic illness adjustment, and attachment concerns.
Sue brings ten years of clinical experience to her work, including past roles in trauma response, crisis intervention, and victim advocacy. That background informs her calm, steady manner when hard memories or painful losses come up in therapy.
People who choose Sue can expect a straightforward partnership. She helps set realistic goals, tracks small gains, and adjusts plans when needed. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that align with their values. It often supports work on anxiety, depression, and life changes by combining mindfulness with practical action steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and teaching strategies to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current connections and helps people build more secure ways of relating when trust or closeness is difficult.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust the plan over time. That shared decision-making helps find what actually feels useful rather than assuming one method will work for everyone.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing commute time and allowing sessions from a convenient location. It can also make brief check-ins or skills practice easier to schedule around work, caregiving, or medical appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and attachment work to an online setting by assigning between-session experiments, teaching skill tools, and reviewing progress each visit.
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Experience
10+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Sue commonly help with?
Sue supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, codependency, relationship and parenting challenges, and addictions. She also addresses related issues like attachment, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and body image.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses a client-centered style that highlights a person's strengths and values. Therapy focuses on noticing unhelpful patterns and practicing small, practical steps between sessions.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has ten years of clinical experience and has worked in trauma response, crisis intervention, and victim advocacy. That experience informs a calm and steady approach when difficult topics arise.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the LMFT credential, which stands for licensed marriage and family therapist, and practices in California.
Can I work with her in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking to know whether in-person or online formats are offered.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.