About SusAnne
SusAnne Sheffield is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with ten years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, or difficulties with eating and self-worth. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at making small changes that add up over time.
She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about painful memories and current struggles. SusAnne listens for patterns in relationships, attachment, and self-talk that keep people stuck.
Background and approach
She also brings attention to the body and to how emotions show up physically during sessions. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person. She uses evidence-based techniques and somatic principles to help people notice and change unhelpful reactions.
Work may include grounding practices, shifting negative self-beliefs, coping strategies for panic, and tools to manage mood swings. She also supports people facing life transitions such as pregnancy and childbirth, caregiver strain, and questions about life purpose. Issues like abandonment, guilt and shame, body image, and isolation are explored with attention to both emotion and behavior.
SusAnne frames therapy as a process of learning and practice. She helps clients set small, clear goals and builds skills they can use between sessions. Progress is tracked in straightforward ways so people can see what is changing and what still needs work.
How therapeutic techniques meet online care
SusAnne uses evidence-based techniques alongside somatic-informed practices. Evidence-based techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaching new skills to reduce anxiety and manage mood. These methods are helpful for panic attacks, persistent worry, and mood disorders. Somatic-informed work pays attention to bodily signals like tension, breath, or physical freeze responses and uses simple grounding or movement to shift those reactions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client review what feels helpful and adjust methods to match symptoms, goals, and daily life. That collaborative process means trying tools, tracking what changes, and shifting focus if something isn’t working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, written reflections, and ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and different comfort levels.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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