Susan Faix
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
California therapists accepting new clients
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About Susan
I am licensed in California with 25 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with coping with addictions, family conflicts, coping with grief and loss, & parenting issues. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
What Susan helps with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- 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
How Susan works
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Susan has been very supportive and has useful, sometimes alternative, suggestions. Over time, our history has created a stronger bond. She will often message me between sessions to check in on how I’m doing. I appreciate her energy and celebrate her commitment to her work.”
- “Susan has been a great guide in understanding a difficult situation and helping redirect negative emotions into more positive action. 11/10 would recommend :)”
- “Miss Susan has been encouraging, considerate, & pleasant to talk to. Her ability to explain that the grief process shows up differently for each person has soothed my head & heart.”
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- “Susan has been great to work with. She's attentive, insightful and honest. She has provided valuable feedback and tools to help me analyze my situation. She's also very good about checking in.”
- “Susan has been a cornerstone advocate in my life. Running a company and starting a family, I am grateful to have Susan by my corner who consistently checks up on me and has always been consistent”
- “Susan’s warm and caring approach and active listening makes her easy to talk with. She slows down, explains her thoughts with examples and in multiple ways. She is sensitive to where I want to go, however is able to ask challenging questions to develop new perspectives. We have had a handful of sessions thus far and I look forward to our weeks ahead as I develop various goals and the explore ways to achieve them.”
- “Working with Susan has been great. She is attentive and has provided several useful tools and strategies. She has helped me identify the core issues of my situation and gives meaningful insight, which has been a great help.”
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