Susan Davis, LMFT

Susan Davis is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 35 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strains, intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, and major life changes. Her tone is straightforward and respectful, and she aims to make first steps feel manageable.

She has worked in private practice and created a training program for marriage and family therapy interns. She has also supervised psychiatric residents in their therapy hours and taught as an adjunct at three universities. Those roles gave her a practical sense of how therapy fits into real life.

Susan uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to address unhelpful thinking patterns and attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings. She also uses client-centered listening and elements of dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when they suit the situation.

Sessions focus on clear goals and simple strategies you can use between meetings. She works with you to tailor conversations and plans so they fit your daily routines and responsibilities. That might mean making a short behavioral plan, practicing new ways of talking, or trying small experiments to reduce anxiety.

Taking the first step can feel hard, and she acknowledges that. Susan frames the work as collaborative and practical, and she encourages people to pick a path that feels doable for their life.

Approaches for online sessions and how they help

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress so people can try new ways of responding to difficult situations. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns affect feelings and reactions. It can be useful when intimacy, trust, or recurring relationship problems are part of the struggle.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to set goals and choose approaches that match their needs and preferences. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let conversations feel closer to face-to-face and are useful for longer sessions and skills practice. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break or commute. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, quick coaching, and for people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules.