Dr. Susan Graysen , CA Psychologist 11434

Dr. Susan Graysen is a California psychologist with 30 years of clinical experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and parenting challenges. She supports people navigating self-esteem struggles, life changes, and issues related to sexual expression and LGBT matters. Her work also covers family dynamics, communication problems, infidelity, and commitment worries.

She uses a collaborative style in sessions. She listens first and asks questions to understand what matters most to each person. Then she offers practical tools and insights that fit the client’s life and goals. Sessions focus on clear steps people can try between meetings.

Her background includes long clinical practice in California and a connection to work on human sexuality through training at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Human Sexuality Program. That experience informs how she talks about desire, arousal, kink, and intimacy without judgment. The profile lists her credential as CA Psychologist 11434.

Therapy combines several approaches, including attachment-based methods, client-centered conversations, cognitive behavioral techniques, hypnotherapy, and psychodynamic ideas. She adapts these to each person’s situation rather than following a single script. The aim is to find what helps you feel more connected, confident, and able to cope.

Sessions can be conversational, skills-focused, or reflective depending on need. The tone is straightforward and calm, with attention to practical progress. People come away with new ways to handle difficult feelings and to improve communication and intimacy.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in closeness, trust, and emotional distance and try new ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities. The therapist listens without judgment and helps clients find their own solutions, which works well in talk sessions across video or phone. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches specific skills to change them. CBT tasks and homework transfer easily to online formats and can be practiced between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and how each method might help. Together they will try strategies and adjust the plan as progress and needs become clearer, keeping the process collaborative and goal-focused.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or visual focus is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or quick skill reminders between appointments. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and to continue work when travel or scheduling would otherwise interrupt progress.