Susan Futterman , LMFT

Susan Futterman is a California-based LMFT with 11 years of clinical experience concentrated on complex grief and complex trauma. She brings calm attention and practical support to people working through profound loss and the persistent effects of traumatic events. Her practice also addresses depression, anxiety, and related mental health concerns, helping individuals develop coping strategies and find greater stability in daily life.

LMFT stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a credential that reflects graduate training and supervised experience in treating individuals and relationships. Susan uses that training to attend both to personal symptoms and to the relational patterns that influence them. She emphasizes a deliberate, paced process that balances emotional processing with skill-building so clients can strengthen resilience and deepen self-understanding over time.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Susan Futterman

Susan Futterman incorporates Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationship patterns shape current emotional responses and interpersonal dynamics. This approach helps people address issues like abandonment, attachment struggles, and difficulties forming secure connections. Psychodynamic Therapy is used to examine how past experiences and unconscious patterns influence present feelings and behavior, which can be useful for persistent mood problems and recurring relationship themes. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing the impacts of traumatic events and reducing trauma-related symptoms through structured, targeted work.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Susan works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she may blend elements from different approaches while adjusting pace and techniques to match client comfort. Licensed professionals and therapists often tailor care in this way to support meaningful progress.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity during life transitions. These formats can increase accessibility and flexibility while allowing ongoing therapeutic work from a range of locations.