- Attachment-based work
- Somatic attention
- Guilt and shame focus
About Susan
Susan Bump is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and related issues such as abandonment, codependency, and guilt and shame.
Susan keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens for how someone’s past and close relationships shape current feelings. She helps people name painful emotions and notice how their body reacts when those emotions show up.
Her work draws on attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in relationships. That approach looks at how important early and current relationships shape trust, safety, and ways of relating. She also uses somatic-informed methods to attend to bodily reactions and physical tension that often come with stress and trauma.
Susan helps people who feel stuck after life changes, grief, or choices they regret. She talks through communication struggles, boundary concerns, and feelings of emptiness or low self-worth. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, aging questions, and questions of forgiveness.
Sessions move at a practical pace. Susan helps people identify small changes they can try between sessions and notices what works and what doesn’t. To start, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the platform’s See online therapy options flow.
Attachment and body-focused approaches in online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how those patterns shape feelings like guilt, shame, and anxiety. It helps people notice recurring relationship reactions and try different ways of connecting. Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and physical tension. It helps when stress and trauma show up as aches, tightness, or numbness rather than only thoughts.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide whether attachment-focused conversations, somatic noticing, or a combination feels most useful. This is guided by the client’s goals and what feels manageable session to session.
Confirm current session formats before booking so you know what is offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow for different ways of checking in when energy is low. Some people prefer talking through relationship patterns, while others benefit from pairing talk with simple body-based exercises that can be done during a session. The therapist will help adapt the approach so sessions work with everyday life and the client’s practical constraints.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and coping with life changes, plus related topics like abandonment and guilt and shame.
How does she approach guilt or shame?
She combines attachment-based ideas with somatic awareness to help people notice where feelings live in the body and how relationship patterns feed those feelings.
What is her clinical background?
She has five years of professional experience as a practicing clinician in California.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LMFT licensed in California and practices with that credential in the state.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are sessions structured and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.