Susan Berg, LMFT

Susan Berg is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 40 years of experience in California. She focuses on relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, parenting concerns, and compassion fatigue. She encourages people to use their own strengths as they work toward change. Seeking help takes courage, and she aims to offer steady support along the way.

Over four decades she has spent time helping people untangle painful patterns and rebuild more manageable routines. Her approach centers on listening first and helping people name the problems that matter most. She helps clients identify practical next steps they can try between sessions and checks in about what works.

Susan pays attention to issues that often sit beneath surface conflicts, such as attachment and abandonment fears, guilt and shame, and communication problems. She also addresses life transitions related to aging, blended families, caregiving stress, and divorce or separation. Her practice includes support around substance use, first responder strain, and finding purpose after big losses.

The work tends to be collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Sessions focus on real-life solutions that people can use immediately. She helps people notice patterns, practice different responses, and track small changes over time.

Sessions are held in California and conducted in English. If a reader wants to begin, they can follow the site’s Start Therapy process to match and schedule a session.

How evidence-based approaches inform online work

Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical skills and clear steps people can try between sessions. One common approach emphasizes identifying patterns in relationships and testing new responses to communication problems; it helps with conflict, attachment concerns, and rebuilding trust. Another approach concentrates on coping with trauma and loss by helping people name painful memories, manage strong emotions, and gradually resume meaningful activities in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That means adjusting pace, trying different techniques, and checking what feels useful as the work continues.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not detailed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during breaks at work. It can also let people choose quieter or lower-bandwidth ways to connect when that helps them stay consistent with care.