About Suzan
Dr. Suzan McEnany helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, and the challenges of life transitions. She also supports those facing compassion fatigue, ADHD, and related issues like abandonment, attachment struggles, and communication problems.
Dr. McEnany is a California psychologist with 25 years of experience. She uses a straightforward, caring approach to make starting feel manageable.
She keeps sessions focused and practical.
How Suzan works
Conversations aim to identify patterns that cause distress and to try small changes that lead to relief. She encourages clear goals and works with people at a pace that fits their needs. The tone in sessions is direct but warm, with room to talk through difficult feelings.
Her experience includes work with caregivers, first responders, people coping with cancer and major loss, and those dealing with control issues or divorce and separation. Clients also bring concerns about guilt, shame, emptiness, and family of origin problems. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide treatment choices.
Dr. McEnany explains options plainly so people can choose what feels right. She helps people practice new ways of communicating and managing stress.
Sessions aim to build skills that can be used between meetings, not just discussed during them. She is licensed in California as CA Psychologist PSY17036 and conducts therapy in English. The first step is a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session to see if the fit feels right.
What Suzan works with
The areas below are the ones Suzan 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
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | CA Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How evidence-based approaches work online
Dr. McEnany uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear steps and skills. One common approach she uses helps people identify unhelpful thinking and try small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and low mood; it teaches practical tools for everyday situations. Another approach targets trauma and abuse by helping people process painful memories in a paced way and develop strategies to feel safer in current relationships.Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. She will ask about goals, what has or hasn’t helped before, and how a person prefers to work. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them over time based on progress and feedback.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make short, frequent exchanges possible and can keep momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while keeping the same licensed professional guiding care.
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