Susan Garner, LMFT
California · 20 years in practice
Susan Garner is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 38979 · expires December 2027
- LMFT, Oregon
- T1186 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1922159540 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Susan
Susan Garner is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or struggling with relationships and intimacy. She also supports those facing trauma, mood challenges, ADHD, career strain, and major life changes.
Susan’s approach is direct and compassionate. She listens first to understand what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on identifying the core emotional issues that keep patterns repeating and on practical ways to change them.
Background and approach
She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy along with attachment-informed and client-centered methods. Susan also uses elements of cognitive behavioral work and mindfulness to help people recognize unhelpful thoughts and to develop new responses. In therapy she combines talk, reflection, and simple skill-building exercises.
People leave sessions with clearer goals and small, doable steps to try between meetings. The aim is to build stronger relationships with others and with oneself. Susan has worked across many life stages and cultural backgrounds in California.
She offers understanding around family of origin issues, blended family stress, infidelity, abandonment, guilt and shame, body image and codependency. Her style is steady, respectful, and focused on real progress.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Young adult issues
Approaches Susan names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on the emotional bond and how feelings shape interactions. It helps people address intimacy problems, attachment wounds, and painful patterns that repeat in close relationships.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections. It helps clients notice how they seek closeness or pull away and teaches new ways to feel safer in relationships.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration. The therapist follows the client's pace, reflects what is said, and helps people find their own solutions rather than imposing answers.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, and together they will decide which approaches to try. That collaboration helps shape a plan that feels useful and doable.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you read facial cues and hold longer sessions. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit during a work break. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, ongoing progress notes, and quick coping suggestions between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm and down-to-earth. She listens first, helps name core emotions, and works with clients to set clear goals and small practical steps.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and life stages.
What are her credentials and location?
Susan is a LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - practicing in California with licenses in CA and OR.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by choosing the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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