Sue (Susie) Swartz, LMFT

Therapist in California

Sue (Susie) Swartz is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and life changes.

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Licensed inCalifornia
License124329
NPI 1558772715
Experience10+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Sue

Sue (Susie) Swartz is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and life changes. She also supports those dealing with addictions, relationship and family concerns, parenting stress, and LGBT-related issues. Her tone is straightforward and steady, aimed at people who want practical change.

Sue uses a client-centered stance that looks for each person's strengths. She pays attention to attachment needs and patterns that shape how people connect with others.

Background and approach

Sessions are focused on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and building clearer ways to cope. Her work blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive-behavioral strategies and skills from dialectical behavior approaches. That mix helps with emotion regulation, decision-making, and committing to values-based goals.

She keeps interventions simple and focused on what a person wants to change next. Sue brings ten years of clinical experience to her practice in California. Her background includes many years in trauma, crisis intervention, victim advocacy, and working with people who had severe mental health challenges.

She draws on that experience when people arrive feeling overwhelmed or stuck. Sessions aim to build trust and a clear plan for growth. Sue helps clients track patterns, try new responses, and practice skills between appointments.

Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.

Credentials

LMFT (California): License 124329 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1558772715 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Sue lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Depression
Coping with life changes
Addictions
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Parenting issues
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Sue names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and emotional responses; it helps people notice patterns in closeness and repair. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise, which can help with anxiety and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete steps to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, useful for depression, anxiety, and coping skills.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people read facial cues and practice new ways of relating, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day, and messaging or live chat can support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to sustain regular work on goals while balancing life demands.

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Frequently asked

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?

Sue works with people managing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, life changes, addictions, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, and LGBT-related concerns.

How would you describe the therapeutic style?

The style is client-centered and collaborative, with attention to attachment patterns and practical skill building to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

What is Sue's professional background?

She has ten years of clinical experience and a history of work in trauma, crisis intervention, victim advocacy, and with people who had severe mental health challenges.

Where is the therapist licensed and practicing?

The clinician holds a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential listed as LMFT and practices in California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are fees and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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