Susan Clark, LMFT

Susan Clark is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping young people who are dealing with trauma, anxiety, stress, grief, low self-esteem, and attention-related challenges. Her work aims to make therapy feel approachable and supportive for children, teens, and young adults.

She often meets clients who have experienced victimization, sex trafficking, or other forms of trauma. Sessions are designed to help people build coping skills, improve concentration and memory, and regain confidence. Susan emphasizes early intervention and believes addressing problems in childhood and adolescence can change long-term outcomes.

Susan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and customizes them to each person’s needs. She concentrates on practical strategies that young clients can use between sessions, alongside therapeutic conversations during meetings. The goal is steady progress toward specific, manageable objectives.

Her style is warm and encouraging, aiming to create a space where young people feel seen and heard. She works to make sessions comfortable and sometimes even a little fun, depending on what helps the client engage. That approach helps build trust and keeps the work focused and productive.

To begin, a reader would complete an intake process and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability. Susan asks for collaboration from both clients and caregivers when appropriate, and she adjusts the pace to match each person’s readiness to work through difficult topics.

How evidence-based methods translate to online care

Many of the approaches Susan uses are evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on real-world skills and healing. One common approach is trauma-informed care, which involves pacing conversations about painful experiences and teaching grounding and coping strategies to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Another frequent element is skill-based behavior work that builds concentration, memory, and self-regulation through repeated practice and short between-session exercises.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative effort. The therapist will talk with the young person and any involved caregivers to identify goals, test methods, and adjust strategies over time. That shared process helps match techniques to a client’s needs, preferences, and stage of readiness for change.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into family schedules and day-to-day life. It can reduce travel time, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and make it simpler to maintain continuity between appointments. Because specific session formats are not listed in the biography, confirm current session options before booking to learn which formats are offered and how they might best fit into your routine.