- Strengths-based
- Skill focused
- Values centered
About Sue
Sue (Susie) Swartz is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and major life changes. She works with concerns like addiction, relationship strain, parenting stress, and issues related to attachment and adoption. Sue writes plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.
Sue uses a client-centered stance that looks for each person’s strengths. She helps people notice patterns of thought and behavior that get in the way. Sessions aim to build skills for coping, improve communication, and reduce overwhelm so daily life feels more manageable.
Her approach draws from cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment practices, attachment-focused work, and emotion-focused skills. That means she mixes spotting unhelpful thinking with learning how to notice emotions, accept difficult experiences, and make values-based choices. She also uses tools from dialectical behavior approaches when people need clear emotion regulation strategies.
Sue brings ten years of experience in clinical settings, including trauma work, crisis intervention, victim advocacy, and supporting people with severe mental illness. That background shapes how she supports people through complex or long-standing problems.
Clients can expect a warm, direct style that values honesty and steady progress. She encourages people to set realistic goals and to try small changes between sessions. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on the therapist's availability.
Sue uses a client-centered stance that looks for each person’s strengths. She helps people notice patterns of thought and behavior that get in the way. Sessions aim to build skills for coping, improve communication, and reduce overwhelm so daily life feels more manageable.
Her approach draws from cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment practices, attachment-focused work, and emotion-focused skills. That means she mixes spotting unhelpful thinking with learning how to notice emotions, accept difficult experiences, and make values-based choices. She also uses tools from dialectical behavior approaches when people need clear emotion regulation strategies.
Sue brings ten years of experience in clinical settings, including trauma work, crisis intervention, victim advocacy, and supporting people with severe mental illness. That background shapes how she supports people through complex or long-standing problems.
Clients can expect a warm, direct style that values honesty and steady progress. She encourages people to set realistic goals and to try small changes between sessions. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on the therapist's availability.
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