Susan Berg

Susan Berg is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 40 years of experience in California. She draws on long experience supporting people through relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief and parenting challenges. She starts by listening to each person’s story and recognizing their strengths.

She believes clients are experts on their own lives and offers steady, practical support. Sessions focus on clear goals, workable steps, and steady encouragement. The tone is direct but compassionate so people can try changes without feeling judged.

Susan helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck and practices alternatives in the session. That can mean improving communication, coping with loss, or learning safer ways to set boundaries after trauma. She also addresses compassion fatigue and caregiver stress when those wear people down.

Her approach is collaborative and respectful. She works to build trust and to tailor each session to a person’s needs and pace. Clients set priorities and move at a tempo that feels manageable for them.

Over decades in practice, she has supported people through divorce, addiction concerns, codependency, and feelings of isolation. She also helps with issues tied to aging, attachment, and work as a first responder. Susan practices in California and offers services in English.

How her approaches translate to online work

Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are the foundation of her work. One common approach focuses on identifying patterns in relationships and practicing new ways of communicating. That helps with recurring arguments, boundary setting, and rebuilding trust after betrayal.

Another helpful method addresses trauma and grief by teaching grounding and coping skills and by gently processing painful memories at a manageable pace. This approach aims to reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning after loss or abuse.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with clients to choose what fits best based on needs, goals, and personal preferences. That collaborative process can include trying different techniques until something feels useful.

Confirm the session formats before booking because the profile does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, such as avoiding travel time, fitting a check-in during a lunch break, or using a shorter phone session when bandwidth or on-camera time is limited. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to the online setting so work continues between appointments.