Susan Garner

Susan Garner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with two decades of clinical work helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. She commonly supports those dealing with body image concerns, grief, anger, self-esteem, and life changes such as divorce or blending families. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people make changes that matter in daily life.

Susan centers sessions on building a strong working relationship and clear goals. She listens closely to what led you to therapy and helps identify patterns that keep problems repeating. She uses talk-based methods alongside skills practice to focus on real-world change rather than abstract theories.

Her work draws on attachment-based ideas and emotionally focused methods to explore how close relationships affect feelings and behavior. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and shift unhelpful thinking, and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity and improve present-moment awareness.

Over her career she has worked with individuals, couples, and blended family concerns, bringing both clinical experience and life perspective to sessions. Susan emphasizes respectful, nonjudgmental support while helping clients develop clearer boundaries and better communication.

People who see her typically leave with more clarity about their goals, practical tools to handle difficult moments, and a plan for moving forward. To begin, prospective clients follow a short matching process that helps pair them with the best fit for their needs.

How Susan’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how close relationships shape feelings and behavior. Online sessions can explore patterns of relating, attachment wounds, and how those patterns play out in current partnerships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. In online sessions this often means practicing thought records, behavioral experiments, and homework between meetings to change daily routines and reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Susan works collaboratively with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and pace. She will discuss options, try different techniques, and adjust the plan together as progress and needs evolve.

The therapist's original biography did not list specific online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for quicker check-ins when life gets hectic. Some clients find video helpful for face-to-face connection, while others prefer shorter phone conversations or audio-only check-ins when they need a brief strategy session. Discuss format preferences at the start so sessions fit into daily life without added stress.