About Susan
Susan Futterman is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California. She focuses on anxiety, grief, trauma, and mood concerns and brings 11 years of clinical experience to her work. Her approach is calm and direct, aimed at helping people manage strong emotions and regain steadiness.
She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect today's feelings and reactions. That work often connects to trauma-focused methods to address overwhelming memories and reactions.
Background and approach
Somatic techniques are included to help people notice and work with bodily responses to stress and panic. Susan blends psychodynamic and existential perspectives to help people make sense of repeating patterns and the bigger questions that come with loss and life change. She talks through how past events shape current choices and helps people find meaning alongside healing.
Sessions balance exploration with practical steps for coping. Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including panic, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, and issues tied to guilt, shame, and attachment wounds. She also supports people facing career stress, financial strain, and relationship challenges.
Women’s issues and sexual assault recovery are within her focus areas. Sessions are offered in English and are available through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. The format can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to fit different needs and rhythms.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in how they connect and teach new ways to relate that reduce anxiety and attachment distress.Trauma-focused therapy focuses directly on the effects of traumatic experiences and on reducing distressing symptoms. When offered online, this approach pairs careful talk work with paced techniques to manage triggers and build stability between sessions.
Somatic therapy draws attention to the body’s signals - breath, muscle tension, and movement - to help reduce panic and chronic stress. In remote sessions, a therapist can guide simple body-based practices that fit into daily life and give people tools to calm intense reactions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and how symptoms appear day to day to choose or blend methods that fit each person. That conversation is part of the first sessions and can change as needs evolve.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deep therapeutic work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging provide shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it simpler to maintain consistent care while balancing work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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