About Suzan
Dr. Suzan McEnany is a California psychologist with 25 years of professional experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and issues with self‑esteem and motivation. She describes therapy as a place to speak honestly and to find practical ways to feel better.
Dr. McEnany aims to make the first step less daunting and to support clients through change. Her style is direct and steady.
Sessions focus on clear goals and simple strategies people can use between appointments.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns that keep problems going and helps clients try different ways of responding. The work is collaborative - she and the client decide what to try next. Dr.
McEnany has a long history of working with people who feel overwhelmed by life transitions, caregiving stress, or the emotional fallout of illness and loss. She also addresses concerns such as intimacy difficulties, attachment and abandonment issues, and problems with control or communication. First responder stress and compassion fatigue are part of her clinical experience.
Practical tools are paired with supportive conversation. Clients may work on coping skills for anxiety, strategies to repair communication, or ways to manage guilt and shame. Progress is measured in small, concrete steps that fit day‑to‑day life.
She is licensed in California as CA Psychologist PSY17036 and conducts sessions in English. Therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Dr. McEnany commonly uses evidence‑based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building practical skills. One approach emphasizes learning coping and relaxation skills to reduce anxiety and manage stress; clients practice tools between sessions to notice what helps. Another approach focuses on identifying relationship and attachment patterns so people can improve communication and intimacy by trying different ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose strategies that match their goals, values, and day‑to‑day life. If something isn’t helping, she adjusts the plan so sessions stay useful and focused on concrete progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls enable face‑to‑face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between appointments, track progress, or use brief skills when anxiety spikes. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care across different schedules and situations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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