- relationship issues
- grief and loss
- guilt and shame
About Susan
Susan Berg is a California licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, with 40 years of professional experience. She works with adults on relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, parenting pressures, and compassion fatigue. Susan also lists areas such as abandonment, attachment struggles, codependency, and guilt and shame among the issues she addresses.
Susan says clients are the experts on their own stories and that her role is to help them build on existing strengths. In sessions she listens for the practical patterns that keep a problem active. Then she and the client test small changes to see what helps in daily life.
Her approach is straightforward and focused on what the client wants to change. Conversations tend to look at how relationships, past hurts, and current responsibilities interact. She offers a space to name difficult feelings and to try out new ways of relating to self and others.
Susan often works with people carrying guilt or shame tied to relationships, parenting, or past events. She makes room for those feelings and helps clients separate what they are responsible for from what they are not. This can include looking at boundaries, communication, and self-forgiveness practices people choose for themselves.
Over a long career she has supported people through loss, life transitions, and high-stress roles like caregiving or first responder work. Her goal is practical: reduce what is getting in the way of daily functioning and clear steps clients can try between sessions. If you want to start, confirm current session options before booking.
How evidence-based approaches work in online sessions
Many evidence-based techniques focus on changing patterns that keep pain active. One approach looks at how past hurts shape current relationships and supports learning new ways to respond rather than react. This can help with trauma, attachment difficulties, and feelings like guilt and shame. Another approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test different responses in everyday situations to reduce rumination and improve mood. This kind of work is useful for grief, codependency, and control issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. You and the therapist will check in and adjust the approach as you see what helps.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also let people meet with licensed professionals from their usual routines and try therapeutic tools between sessions in the settings where problems actually occur.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
40+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Susan works with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, parenting concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also lists related focuses such as abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, and guilt and shame.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She emphasizes that clients are the experts on their stories and builds on existing strengths. Sessions focus on practical patterns and small changes to improve daily life.
What experience does she bring?
She has 40 years of professional work experience helping people with relationship, trauma, grief, and parenting concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a California LMFT and practices in California.
Can I work with her in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and how much do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Confirm current pricing details during the signup process.
How do I begin if I want to try a session?
Choose the "See online therapy options" button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.