Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Compassion fatigue
How Susan works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Susan
Susan Faix is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 26 years of clinical experience. She offers calm, steady support for people facing anger, stress, anxiety, grief, addictions, and relationship difficulties. Her manner is respectful and compassionate, and she works to make first steps feel manageable for worried clients.
She adapts conversation and the plan of care to each person's situation. Sessions focus on clear, practical goals. That might mean learning tools to manage anger, practicing ways to improve communication, or finding steadier routines for sleep and mood.
Background and approach
Susan uses several well-known approaches to shape sessions. She draws from attachment-focused methods to look at how past relationships affect present reactions. Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Emotionally focused work is used when the aim is to understand and name strong feelings in relationships. Over time she helps people spot patterns that lead to conflict or burnout and replace them with healthier responses. She also supports those coping with major losses, life changes, or the stress of caregiving.
Practical coaching around career and daily functioning is available when needed. Susan speaks English and practices from California as a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT. Her sessions are offered online by video, phone, chat, or messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and an initial session is scheduled.
What Susan works with
Everything Susan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Susan's practice.
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Susan lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach to online therapy and emotional work
Susan uses attachment-based work to explore how early and close relationships shape how people respond to stress and anger. This approach helps when patterns from the past keep coming up in current relationships and reactions.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT offers concrete techniques for changing thinking, reducing anxiety, and managing angry responses in the moment.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Susan discusses options with each person and together they decide which methods match the client's goals and preferences. She adjusts the plan over time as progress and needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video is useful for deeper conversation and reading body language. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or the client prefers not to be on camera. Chat and messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when a short touchpoint fits a work break or a tight schedule.
These options aim to make ongoing care easier to attend and to let the therapist and client keep work moving forward even when in-person meetings are not possible.
Questions people ask about Susan
What kinds of problems can Susan help with?
Susan works with people facing anger, stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting concerns, sleep and eating troubles, and life transitions.
How does she approach therapy?
Her style is practical and respectful. She blends attachment-based, cognitive behavioral, and emotionally focused methods to help clients change patterns and manage strong emotions.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 26 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns in California settings.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.