About Susan
Susan Rome is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with 39 years of professional experience. She helps people who are anxious, stressed, or feeling overwhelmed by relationships, trauma, or low self-esteem. She also supports those coping with depression and panic attacks.
Susan aims to make starting therapy feel manageable and respectful of each person's courage. Susan keeps sessions simple and straightforward. She invites people to talk about what worries them and listens without judgment.
Background and approach
Together they identify small, practical steps to reduce worry, improve communication, and rebuild confidence. She focuses on real-life changes rather than labels. Her approach centers on building a calm, open space so clients can speak freely.
Susan works at a pace set by the person in front of her and adapts conversations to what matters most right now. She helps people notice patterns, try different ways of responding, and practice new skills between sessions. With many years of practice, she is used to helping people steady intense emotions and regain routine after upsetting events.
Susan often addresses issues like control struggles, guilt and shame, loneliness, and questions about life purpose. Her work also covers practical relationship concerns such as communication breakdowns and separation. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients.
Susan emphasizes collaboration and respects each person’s goals while working toward clearer thinking and steadier feelings.
Evidence-based approaches offered online
Many people benefit from practical, evidence-based techniques that focus on current problems and concrete steps forward. One common approach Susan uses helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try new ways of reacting to stress and worry. This can be useful for panic attacks, social anxiety, and ongoing worry.Another approach focuses on processing reactions after upsetting events and reducing their hold on daily life. This work involves gradually addressing difficult memories and learning coping skills to manage intense emotions and symptoms of post-traumatic stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Susan works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their goals, pace, and preferences. She regularly checks in and adapts plans based on progress and feedback.
Online therapy offers flexible access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use face-to-face conversation from different locations, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while trying approaches that can reduce anxiety and improve relationships.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 39 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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