Susan Sullivan, LMFT

Susan Sullivan is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 11 years of clinical experience. She works directly with people who are coping with anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and relationship or parenting concerns. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping clients make steady, practical progress.

Susan emphasizes a person-centered way of working. She starts by listening and meeting each person where they are. From there she and the client set clear, realistic goals and choose strategies that fit the client's life.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside mindfulness and narrative techniques to help change unhelpful thinking, calm strong emotions, and reframe difficult stories. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused work shape shorter-term plans and steps forward when people want to make concrete changes.

Susan has run both individual and group sessions during her career. She draws on practical tools and plain-language explanations so people understand what they are doing and why. Sessions are collaborative - the client’s priorities guide the plan.

Many clients come for help with stress, compassion fatigue, career transitions, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes. Susan supports people as they build skills, try new ways of responding, and reclaim a clearer sense of direction.

How Susan’s approaches work online

Susan often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thinking patterns that intensify anxiety or low mood. CBT focuses on practical exercises and small behavior changes that can reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

She also draws from client-centered work, which focuses on listening closely and shaping the pace of therapy around the person's needs. That approach helps clients feel heard and guides collaborative goal-setting. Mindfulness-based techniques are used to build awareness of emotions and reduce reactivity during stressful moments.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Susan will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try tools that fit those aims. She treats the work as a team effort and adjusts methods as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match daily life. Video calls let people use visual cues during deeper work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text can be useful for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy schedule.