About
- Relationship concerns
- Parenting challenges
- Grief and loss
About Susan
Susan Berg is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 40 years of clinical experience. She focuses on relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, and compassion fatigue. Susan helps adults who are carrying stress from difficult relationships or caregiving roles and who want clearer ways to cope.
Her work starts by listening to each person’s story and identifying their strengths. She treats clients as the experts on their lives and looks for practical steps they can try between sessions. Conversations focus on what is most pressing at home and on small changes that feel doable.
Susan often addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, and the strain that comes with blended families or caregiving. She also supports people dealing with substance-related problems, divorce or separation, and feelings of guilt or shame. Sessions look at patterns that keep problems repeating and at ways to interrupt them.
She brings four decades of experience to complex situations like first responder stress, aging and geriatric concerns, and isolation or loneliness. Her approach is straightforward and paced to the client’s comfort. She helps people sort priorities and set realistic next steps.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; cost varies with location. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule a first session through the See online therapy options button.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches used and how they work online
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are central to her work. One common approach focuses on understanding attachment and relationship patterns. That work looks at how early relationships shape current reactions and teaches ways to shift unhelpful patterns in daily life.Another common strand targets trauma and grief. Techniques for trauma-related work help people process difficult memories and reduce the ways those memories interfere with current relationships. Grief-focused methods help name losses and build manageable ways to carry them forward.
Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most relevant. Together they will try methods that fit the client’s situation and adjust the plan as needed.
Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals commonly use these benefits to help clients maintain continuity of care while balancing home and work demands.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Susan works with adults on relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses related topics like communication, attachment, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She listens for strengths and treats clients as experts on their own stories. Conversations focus on practical steps and small changes to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 40 years of professional experience working with adults on relationship and life stressors. That background includes work with first responder stress and geriatric issues.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California. Her practice is based in that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available with her?
Please confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are used. The site matching process will list the options.
How does payment and cost work?
Session cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the platform.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.