Susan Richey, LMFT

Susan Richey is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with more than 10 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing a range of challenges including depression, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, stress, and major life changes such as retirement, as well as concerns involving adult children and mature-adult transitions.

Her approach is warm and interactive, grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion while avoiding stigmatizing labels. Richey integrates cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic, and rational-emotive techniques, shaping conversation and treatment plans to meet each person’s specific needs. She emphasizes both practical coping strategies and deeper exploration to help clients build understanding and resilience.

Susan recognizes the courage it takes to pursue a more fulfilling life, particularly later in adulthood, and frames her role as supportive and empowering for those ready to take steps toward change. She collaborates with clients to set goals and adapt interventions so care aligns with individual priorities and circumstances, offering compassionate, individualized support throughout the process.

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Susan Richey uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help clients identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and learn practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. This approach is focused on concrete tools and strategies that can be practiced between sessions.

She also draws on humanistic methods that prioritize empathy, self-acceptance, and the client’s lived experience. This style supports work on self-love, loneliness, communication, and relationship concerns by creating a respectful, strengths-focused space.

In addition, Richey incorporates psychodynamic perspectives when exploring how past experiences and relationship patterns influence present difficulties, which can be helpful for deeper insight into recurring issues like communication problems or relationship cycles.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Susan collaborates with each person to determine which techniques match their goals, preferences, and needs, and she adjusts the plan over time to find the best fit.

Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, her online practice provides flexibility for scheduling, easier access for those balancing busy lives, and continuity of care when in-person visits are not feasible. These options allow clients to engage in therapy in ways that suit their routines and comfort levels.