About Susan
Susan Bump is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on somatic work and attachment-based approaches. She brings five years of professional experience and supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. Her style is direct and warm, helping people take practical steps to feel steadier in day-to-day life.
She makes room for both thoughts and bodily experience in sessions. That means noticing how the body holds tension alongside the stories people tell.
Background and approach
Sessions often include breathing, movement awareness, and simple grounding practices paired with conversation to help reduce overwhelm. Susan helps people manage life changes and moments of uncertainty. She addresses issues such as abandonment, codependency, family of origin concerns, grief, and caregiver stress.
She also supports work around body image, guilt and shame, and finding clearer life purpose. Her attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections. She helps people identify repeating patterns in relationships and practice new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.
The approach emphasizes curiosity about how past experiences shape present choices. Susan offers sessions in English and is licensed in California as an LMFT. Therapy is delivered through flexible online options so people can fit sessions into busy lives.
To get started, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows therapist availability.
Using somatic and attachment approaches online
Somatic Therapy pays attention to how the body holds stress. In an online session this can mean noticing breathing, posture, and subtle movement to reduce anxiety and increase calm. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of relating that started early in life and how they show up now; online conversations help identify those patterns and practice new responses.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which mix of somatic and attachment-focused techniques fits their needs. Clients and the therapist check in together and adjust methods based on goals and comfort.
Online formats offer flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for movement and breath work, while phone sessions provide a simpler option when video is not possible. Live chat and text-based messaging can support between-session check-ins or shorter conversations. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work from home or other convenient places.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English