About Suzanne
Suzanne Shumaker is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices in California. She draws on three years of clinical experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction-related concerns. Suzanne focuses on practical steps clients can use to feel steadier and more connected to their values.
She helps people build self-compassion and work through guilt and shame. She also supports those trying to reconnect with a sense of life purpose.
How Suzanne works
Sessions typically include real-world coping strategies that can be used between meetings. Suzanne uses approaches that center the client’s experience and problem-solving. She incorporates client-centered methods to follow the person’s pace and priorities.
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and dialectical behavior ideas to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills. Her work often addresses communication difficulties and forgiveness, along with grief and post-traumatic stress concerns. Suzanne aims to create a respectful, non-judgmental space where people can talk honestly and try small changes that matter.
People who prefer clear, practical steps and a collaborative style may find her approach helpful. Suzanne focuses on steady progress rather than quick fixes. She explains tools in plain language and checks in often about what is or isn’t working.
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What Suzanne works with
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Suzanne blends approaches for online work
Suzanne uses client-centered therapy to follow each person’s priorities and pace. This approach means listening first, reflecting what matters most, and shaping sessions around the client’s goals. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort through feelings.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when people want concrete tools to change patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy provides skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, which can help when feelings feel overwhelming.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. Suzanne collaborates with each person to choose strategies that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the approach as progress and challenges emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for in-depth conversation, phone can fit a break during the day, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into everyday life.
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