About Susan
Susan Baltimore is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. She practices in California and focuses on practical support during difficult life moments. Her approach is straightforward and aimed at making therapy feel manageable for busy lives.
Susan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people process trauma and painful memories. She helps clients untangle relationship patterns and attachment concerns so they can make clearer choices about connection and boundaries.
Background and approach
Sessions often include gentle problem-solving alongside emotional processing. Many people sit with feelings of isolation, shame, or low mood. Susan works with these concerns step by step, helping people name what’s happening and try small changes that add up.
She also supports those coping with caregiver stress, divorce and separation, and body image struggles. Her style is calm and non-judgmental. Susan emphasizes collaboration - she and the client decide what goals make sense.
She aims to help people find practical strategies and restore a sense of purpose in daily life. Therapy sessions typically involve talking through recent events, looking at patterns from the past, and testing new ways to cope. Susan offers a steady presence and simple tools to help people move forward at a pace that feels right.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Evidence-based talk therapy focuses on examining thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. It helps people notice unhelpful patterns, try new responses, and practice small changes that produce steady results.Trauma-informed approaches help people process painful memories at a manageable pace. This work pairs emotional support with concrete coping skills to reduce the hold of past events on daily life and relationships.
Attachment-focused work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections. It helps people understand their reaction styles, set clearer boundaries, and move toward healthier ways of relating.
Finding the right mix of these approaches happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up, then try methods that match those needs. Sessions are collaborative and adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a work break. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, journaling-style updates, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep continuity and try therapeutic work without large schedule disruptions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English