SusAnne Sheffield, LMFT

SusAnne Sheffield is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 10 years of clinical experience. She supports people navigating stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and eating concerns, and she brings focused attention to issues like abandonment, attachment struggles, body image, and caregiver stress. Her practice also includes work on co-dependency, communication and control challenges, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, panic and mood disorders, postpartum and pregnancy-related concerns, and self-love.

She integrates somatic experiencing into her work and attends to spiritual dimensions when relevant, offering an approach that honors both the body and personal meaning in healing. SusAnne emphasizes a collaborative, nonjudgmental atmosphere where thoughts and emotions can be explored openly. She frames therapy as a courageous step toward a more fulfilling life and partners with clients to build coping skills, resilience, and greater self-understanding.

SusAnne aims to empower people through compassionate guidance and practical strategies, helping them move from surviving to living with more ease and clarity. As an LMFT she brings training in relational dynamics and family systems alongside individualized support tailored to each person’s goals.

Approaches that connect body, meaning, and evidence

SusAnne Sheffield draws on somatic experiencing as part of her therapeutic work, a method that pays attention to bodily sensations and physical responses to help process trauma and chronic stress. This approach can be useful for people who notice that emotions are experienced strongly in the body or who want tools to regulate physiological reactions.

She also applies evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to symptoms like anxiety, panic, depression, and grief. These techniques focus on practical skills and structured strategies to reduce distress, improve coping, and support mood regulation. When spirituality is an important part of a person’s life, she integrates that dimension into therapy in ways that align with the client’s values and meaning-making.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. SusAnne works with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy schedules, supports access for those who live far from in-person services, and makes it easier to maintain continuity of care. These options allow licensed professionals like SusAnne to meet clients where they are and to provide consistent support across different formats.