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Susan King

Therapist · Michigan

Compassionate therapist focused on relationships

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Susan King
Credentials
LMFT
License
LMFT, Michigan · 4101006694; LMFT, Indiana · 35001905A
NPI
1508409715
Experience
7 years
Languages
English
Location
Michigan
  • Relational approach
  • Skill building
  • Attachment focus

About Susan

Susan King is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with seven years of practice. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, relationship struggles, and codependency concerns. Her approach is warm and relational, focused on helping clients notice patterns and take practical steps toward change.

Susan keeps sessions straightforward and grounded. She listens first, then helps people map what’s not working and why. She uses counseling methods that help people manage emotions, improve communication, and build skills to cope with life’s changes.

Her background includes a master’s degree in clinical psychology and professional experience across different settings. She also draws on personal experience of transition and cultural adjustment to better understand life changes and loss.

Susan favors a collaborative style. She tailors plans to each person’s needs and pace, combining skills training with deeper work on attachment and relationship patterns. That balance supports both immediate coping and longer-term growth.

In sessions she may use goal-focused exercises, emotion work, and practical tools to manage distress. She helps people strengthen self-worth, set healthier boundaries, and address family-of-origin patterns that show up in adult life. Her aim is to help clients make steady, achievable shifts toward feeling better.

People who choose her often want a thoughtful, steady clinician who pays attention to relationships and emotional patterns. Those looking to explore codependency, attachment issues, or recurring life themes may find her approach useful.

How her approaches fit into online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early connections shape current relationships. It helps people notice repeating patterns in closeness, trust, and boundaries and supports changes in how they relate to others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical steps to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms through focused exercises. Emotionally-Focused Therapy emphasizes identifying and working with core emotions in relationships to improve communication and connection.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. That conversation guides whether more skills-focused work, emotion-focused sessions, or attachment exploration will best meet the client’s needs, and it is a collaborative decision made together.

Confirm current session options before booking to see what formats are available. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or making it simpler to meet from a quieter place. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and emotion-focused work to an online setting so clients can continue progress without changing their day too much.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepression

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Credentials

Michigan, Indiana

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help address?

Susan helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and codependency among other concerns.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is relational and collaborative, combining listening with practical steps and skills to manage emotions and improve communication.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has seven years of professional experience and holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in Michigan and Indiana, and practices from Michigan.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Are international clients accepted?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin therapy?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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