Susan Futterman, LMFT

California · 11 years in practice

Susan Futterman is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on big life questions and the emotional pain that follows trauma and loss.

License and registration

LMFT, California: 101007 · expires April 2027
NPI: 1639596489 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 11
Languages: English

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About Susan

Susan Futterman is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on big life questions and the emotional pain that follows trauma and loss. She combines thoughtful listening with practical steps to help people manage anxiety, depression, grief, and difficult life changes. Susan works from California and brings 11 years of clinical experience to her practice.

Her approach often emphasizes meaning and choice, helping people name what matters and where they want to go next.

Background and approach

She also pays attention to attachment patterns and early relational wounds that shape how people relate to others and themselves. Sessions aim to make distress clearer and more manageable rather than overwhelming. Susan has a particular focus on complex grief and trauma.

She helps people coping with past abuse, sexual assault, dissociation, and post-traumatic stress find ways to tolerate strong feelings and reconnect with daily life. She also supports those dealing with mood disorders, panic attacks, and social anxiety.

Other topics she addresses include relationship strain, family concerns as experienced by individuals, career stress, money and financial worries, guilt and shame, and issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. She uses body-focused, psychodynamic, and trauma-informed work when it fits the person’s needs. Susan describes the work as collaborative and grounded.

People can expect a mix of talking, exploring patterns from the past, and learning practical coping skills. The goal is clearer choices and steadier functioning in day-to-day life.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Susan names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Existential therapy invites people to look at meaning, choice, and the limits they face. It often helps those wrestling with grief, life transitions, or questions about identity by focusing on values and what gives life purpose.

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It can help people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and learn new ways to feel safer and more connected. Psychodynamic therapy explores longstanding patterns and unconscious influences to clarify how past experiences affect present emotions and behavior.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods make the most sense. That plan can shift over time as needs change and progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversational work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text messaging works well for brief check-ins and ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep continuity when life gets in the way.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Susan address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, coping with life changes, relationship and family concerns, career stress, and LGBT issues. Additional focuses include panic, mood disorders, self-harm, sexual assault, and attachment-related struggles.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style blends existential questions about meaning with attachment and psychodynamic perspectives. She also uses somatic and trauma-focused methods to help people work through intense feelings.

What is her professional background?

She has 11 years of clinical experience working primarily with complex grief and complex trauma along with mood and anxiety concerns.

Where is she licensed and based?

Susan is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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