Sue (Susie) Swartz

Sue (Susie) Swartz is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and major life changes. She also works with concerns such as addictions, LGBT issues, relationship and parenting stress, and a wide range of attachment and family-related difficulties. She writes plainly and focuses on practical ways to move forward.

She uses a client-centered way of working that starts with what each person brings to the room. That means noticing strengths, learning where patterns get stuck, and trying small changes that build a better day-to-day. Mindfulness practices are woven into sessions to help people notice thoughts and feelings without being controlled by them.

Sue brings ten years of clinical experience and a longer history in trauma response, crisis intervention, and victim advocacy. That background shapes how she responds to complicated grief, trauma, and high-stress situations. She will sit with hard material and help create steps that feel manageable.

Sessions combine practical skills from cognitive behavioral approaches and acceptance and commitment ideas with attention to attachment patterns. Conversations are straightforward and paced to each person’s needs. The goal is to help people build habits that fit real life.

Sue holds a California LMFT, which means she practices as a licensed marriage and family therapist in California. If you want to learn more about working together, the Start Therapy button begins the process of matching and scheduling.

How Mindfulness and ACT inform online work

Sue combines Mindfulness Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to guide online work. Mindfulness Therapy focuses on learning to notice thoughts and bodily sensations with less reactivity, which can help with anxiety, stress, and rumination. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-guided actions even when feelings are difficult. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and helps people recognize and change those habits.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try strategies together, and adjust methods based on what feels helpful. Clients are invited to test practical exercises and notice what fits their life.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some people find video helpful for face-to-face interaction, while others prefer audio-only times that require less bandwidth or are simpler to schedule. The focus is on finding ways to bring therapy into daily routines so skills can be practiced between sessions.