About Susan
Susan Bump uses attachment-based and somatic approaches to help people address stress, anxiety, and relationship struggles. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California with five years of experience. Susan focuses on helping people feel steadier in their relationships and day-to-day life.
Susan helps with trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and the hard shifts that come with life changes. She also works with concerns such as abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, and codependency.
How Susan works
Her approach pays attention to both emotions and how the body responds to stress. In sessions she offers a calm, open space for talking through difficult thoughts and feelings. Conversations are direct and practical.
She aims to help people name what they are feeling and try small changes that make life easier. Susan draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She pairs that with somatic techniques to notice bodily signals and use them as information.
Together these approaches help people understand reactions and change how they relate to themselves and others. Her work also focuses on issues like communication problems, family of origin concerns, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and finding life purpose. Susan emphasizes steady progress and realistic steps toward more satisfying relationships and daily routines.
Susan lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Susan works with
The areas below are the ones Susan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Attachment and Body-centered Support Online
Susan practices with attachment-based work and somatic therapy to address emotional and bodily responses. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in relationships and how early bonds affect current interactions, which can help with anxiety and relationship problems. Somatic therapy pays attention to physical sensations tied to stress and trauma, using body awareness to calm reactions and build coping skills.Choosing the right approach is part of the process and happens together with the client. Susan will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest ways to combine attachment-focused insight with somatic exercises. This collaborative planning helps match techniques to what the person needs and is willing to try.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging formats support brief check-ins or ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.
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