LMFT

Susan Faix, LMFT

Experience26 years
LocationCalifornia
Focus areasADHD, Addictions, and Family
Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy

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About Susan

Susan Faix is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 26 years of clinical experience helping people navigate complex life challenges.

Background and approach

She focuses on concerns such as addictions, grief and loss, parenting and family conflicts, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, and ADHD. Her practice also addresses related areas like codependency, caregiver stress, communication problems, and coping with life changes.

Susan emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care while tailoring conversations and treatment plans to each person’s circumstances. She draws on a range of approaches including attachment work, cognitive behavioral strategies, emotion-focused interventions, and skills-based methods to support coping, symptom reduction, and relational repair.

Clients who prefer collaborative, individualized therapy will find her practical orientation and long experience helpful when facing transitions, managing stress, or working through difficult emotions. Therapy with Susan can be accessed from California and is offered in English.

She provides sessions through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Prospective clients begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire to schedule according to therapist availability.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes understanding how early relationship patterns affect current emotional responses and interpersonal connections; it helps people explore attachment needs and build more supported ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with practical strategies to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and problematic coping habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on mapping emotions within relationships and supports expressing needs in ways that strengthen bonds and resolve conflict.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process rather than a one-time decision. The therapist collaborates with each client to assess goals, preferences, and presenting issues, then adapts methods over time so the work aligns with what the client finds most useful and sustainable.

Online therapy with Susan is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase access and flexibility. These formats make it possible to maintain continuity of care during life transitions, fit sessions into a busy schedule, and use home-based settings to practice new skills between meetings with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Susan commonly address?

Susan works with a wide range of issues including addictions, grief, parenting and family conflict, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and ADHD among other areas.

What is Susan's therapeutic style like?

Her approach is collaborative, respectful, and compassionate, blending attachment work, client-centered listening, and practical strategies to tailor treatment to individual needs.

How many years has she been practicing?

She brings 26 years of professional experience to her practice, working across a variety of clinical concerns and treatment approaches.

Where is Susan licensed and located?

Susan is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California, holding the credential LMFT with license CA LMFT 45579.

Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing flexibility in how therapy is received.

How does cost and billing work?

Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Susan?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

AddictionsFamily conflictsGriefParenting issuesCompassion fatigue

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepression Coping with life changesCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purpose Mood disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issues Young adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

26+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English