Susan Johnston , LMFT

Susan Johnston is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California (CA LMFT 124610) and Indiana (IN LMFT 35001958A). She also has experience working as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Indiana. Her training and career began as a returning adult student and grew through diverse clinical roles, giving her practical experience across office settings, residential and group homes, inpatient mental health care, intensive outpatient programs, probation services, and college academic environments.

Susan has provided individual, couples, and family therapy and has particular experience in addiction treatment, helping people and their families regain hope and rebuild trust. She has worked with local community members as well as immigrant and refugee families with the support of professional interpreters, emphasizing respect for language and cultural differences while building a collaborative care team.

Her clinical approach blends humanistic and experiential methods with emotion-focused and cognitive strategies, all grounded in family systems theory. This combination supports exploration of personal experience, emotional processing, and practical skill development within relational contexts. Susan aims to work together with each person or family to tailor treatment to their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, helping clients move through stress, relationship challenges, grief, trauma, addiction, and other concerns with clear, individualized plans.