- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Attachment issues
- CBT and DBT skills
About Susan
Susan King is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Michigan with seven years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, and struggles with self-esteem and life changes. Susan also helps with issues such as trauma, addictions, eating and sleep difficulties, parenting challenges, anger, and bipolar-related concerns.
Susan uses approaches that focus on emotions and relationships. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and attachment-based ideas to look at how feelings and connection shape patterns. She also uses client-centered conversation, cognitive behavioral tools, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to address thinking, behavior, and emotion regulation.
In sessions she pays attention to patterns that keep people stuck and works to name the feelings underneath those patterns. Practical tools like thought-based exercises and emotion regulation skills are offered alongside time to reflect on relationship and attachment themes. Discussions are direct and grounded in everyday life demands such as work, parenting, and transitions.
Susan has experience supporting people through separation, family-of-origin problems, codependency, communication and control issues, and feelings of abandonment or isolation. She helps people notice repeated cycles, try new responses, and practice skills between sessions.
To begin, a brief matching questionnaire and a first session are used to set goals and select approaches that fit the person’s needs. Costs vary with location and sessions use a cancellable subscription model.
How Emotion-Focused and Attachment Work Online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying and working with core emotions and how they shape relationship patterns. This approach helps people name hard-to-reach feelings, track how those feelings affect behavior, and try new ways of responding in relationships.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection and loss influence current bonds and reactions. It helps people recognize attachment patterns such as fear of abandonment or anxious closeness and supports practicing different ways of relating to others.
Finding the best approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to the client’s goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean blending EFT with cognitive-behavioral strategies or using DBT skills for emotion regulation as appropriate.
Please confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as the profile does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example being able to join from a quieter place, reduce travel time, or choose a shorter check-in between commitments. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and skill practice for remote sessions so people can continue applying what they learn in daily life.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Michigan, Indiana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
Susan works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and self-esteem issues. She also supports people with trauma, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, parenting, anger, and career concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy and attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening. Cognitive behavioral and DBT skills are used when helpful to change thoughts and manage emotions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in Michigan and practices from Michigan.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the profile.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to begin.
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