Susan Davis, LMFT

Susan Davis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 35 years of clinical and teaching experience. She has worked in private practice and built a training program for marriage and family therapy interns, providing oversight and mentorship as trainees developed their clinical skills.

Her experience includes supervising third and fourth year psychiatric residents for their therapy hours, coauthoring two books on community mental health, and serving as an adjunct professor at three different universities. These roles reflect a long commitment to both direct client care and to training the next generation of mental health professionals.

Susan supports people facing stress and anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, parenting challenges, depression, family concerns, intimacy-related issues, and the transitions that come with life changes. She favors a personalized approach, shaping conversations and treatment plans to match each person or family’s distinct needs and goals.

Her clinical work draws from multiple evidence-informed methods, including Attachment-Based Therapy, client-centered approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, psychodynamic therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Across her practice, she emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping clients develop practical ways to cope and grow.