Susan Hill, LMFT

Susan Hill is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California who focuses on helping people navigate relationship struggles, trauma, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. She writes and talks in a straightforward way so clients can understand next steps. Her approach aims to help people feel more capable and hopeful one step at a time.

Before moving into private practice Susan spent many years working with people connected to the court system. That work gave her experience listening to difficult stories and helping people make practical changes. She draws on eight years as an LMFT alongside her earlier professional roles to shape how she meets each person where they are.

Susan often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build clearer, healthier habits. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships influence current bonds and reactions. Mindfulness and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy show up when people need better emotion regulation and coping tools.

In sessions she aims to be respectful, sensitive, and direct. Conversations are tailored to a person’s needs and paced to match what they can manage. She supports people who are working through guilt, shame, caregiver stress, workplace pressures, or post-traumatic stress.

Susan offers sessions in English and practices from California. She encourages people to take small steps toward change and partners with them to build practical plans that fit daily life.

CBT, attachment work, and online sessions that fit your life

Susan commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and build concrete new habits that feel manageable. CBT can be useful for depression, anxiety, and changing patterns that get in the way of daily functioning.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to examine how early relationships shape current reactions and closeness. That work can help people improve communication, reduce isolation, and understand patterns that repeat in relationships.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Susan will talk with each person about goals and preferences and will suggest methods that match those priorities. Over time she adjusts the plan based on what helps most in real life.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversation and learning new skills, phone calls work when bandwidth is low, live chat or text can support quick check-ins or brief coaching, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while still working on meaningful change.