Susan Bump

Susan Bump is a California LMFT with five years of clinical practice. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, coping, and life transitions including questions about life purpose.

Susan helps people who feel stuck after a change or who are unsure what comes next. She listens for patterns that show up in relationships and in the body. Sessions often look at how past attachments shape current worries and reactions.

Her approach blends Attachment-Based Therapy with somatic work. That means she pays attention to connection styles and to how tension or sensations live in the body. Clients who struggle with shame, guilt, or feelings of emptiness may find this combined focus useful.

Susan also addresses a wide range of related issues such as abandonment, caregiver stress, body image, communication problems, and midlife concerns. She supports people navigating aging or caregiving roles and those rethinking priorities in midlife.

Practical tools and grounded conversation are common in sessions. People can expect to talk through moments that feel stuck, notice patterns in relationships, and try small experiments to test new ways of relating and coping. To begin, clients complete a short questionnaire and schedule an initial session via the online intake process.

Susan offers therapy in English and practices from California as an LMFT. If you want to explore questions about direction, purpose, or next steps, she focuses on those topics alongside stress and relationship concerns.

How her approaches translate to online work

Susan uses Attachment-Based Therapy to identify how early relationship patterns affect current connections. That approach helps people notice recurring interaction styles and try different ways of relating in daily life.

She also uses Somatic Therapy to bring attention to bodily sensations tied to stress and trauma. Somatic methods can help with anxiety, shame, and the physical symptoms that come with difficult memories or constant worry.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit best based on goals, preferences, and what shows up in sessions. That might mean leaning more into relationship patterns or spending time on body-based practices depending on the client's needs.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or remove travel time. Many people find this flexibility helps keep therapy consistent while they manage work, caregiving, or other commitments.