Sue (Susie) Swartz, LMFT

Sue (Susie) Swartz, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with adults, couples, and families facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, complicated grief, depression, and life transitions, as well as challenges related to addictions, LGBT issues, parenting, and relationship concerns.

Sue favors a client-centered approach that helps people connect with their existing strengths while exploring the changes they want to make. She draws on a range of evidence-informed methods, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-focused work, cognitive and behavioral tools, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to tailor treatment to each person’s needs.

Sue views hope as an active choice and aims to create a trusting, authentic therapeutic relationship where patterns of thinking and behavior can be examined and shifted. She has substantial experience working with trauma, crisis intervention, victim advocacy, and adults with complex mental health needs, and she brings that experience to bear when supporting clients toward sustainable healing and greater meaning in their lives.

Clients who are ready to pursue change and live more fulfilling lives will find Sue to be a steady, compassionate partner in the work of recovery and growth.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Sue (Susie) Swartz

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters most to them and take committed action toward those values. It combines mindfulness and behavior change strategies and can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and coping with difficult life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns in connections, trust, and emotional responses. This approach can support work on relationship issues, family dynamics, abandonment concerns, and attachment-related challenges.

Finding the right method is part of the collaborative process. Sue works together with clients to identify which approaches fit best with their goals, preferences, and life context, and she adjusts strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how clients access care - through video sessions, phone meetings, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or when in-person visits are not feasible. For many people, remote sessions provide consistent access to licensed professionals and allow therapeutic work to continue across locations and life changes.