Dr. Susan Graysen, CA Psychologist
California · 30 years in practice
Dr. Susan Graysen helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, and self-esteem problems.
License and registration
- Psychologist, California
- 11434 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1275692188 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Susan
Dr. Susan Graysen helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, and self-esteem problems. She also supports people dealing with life changes, LGBT issues, and a range of family and relationship difficulties.
Dr. Graysen is a California psychologist with three decades of experience and a background that includes work in human sexuality. Her style is steady and collaborative.
She listens first, then offers tools and insights that match each person's situation.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and focused on what helps someone feel better and more confident in day-to-day life. Dr. Graysen blends several approaches depending on what a person needs.
She uses hypnotherapy alongside attachment-based and client-centered methods to address intimacy, desire, and confidence. Cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic ideas also inform her work when thinking and patterns need examination. People come to her for a wide range of concerns, from communication and commitment issues to grief over separation, blended family stress, and questions around kink and alternative sexual cultures.
She also works with aging and geriatric issues, avoidant personality patterns, and fatherhood concerns. Her sessions focus on clear steps and honest conversation. She helps people recognize patterns, practice new ways of relating, and build skills for coping with change.
The goal is to make progress that feels real and usable in everyday life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Susan names
- Hypnotherapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches for online work and what to expect
Hypnotherapy is used to help people access focused attention and relaxed states so they can work on issues like anxiety, low desire, and confidence. It often involves guided imagery and suggestion to support new ways of responding to stress or intimate situations.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection patterns affect current relationships. It helps people notice how they bond, react to closeness, and move toward more supported ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own experience and goals; the therapist follows the client's lead and provides empathy and reflection to help clarify what matters most.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Graysen will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will choose or combine methods that fit. The process is collaborative and may shift over time as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and hypnotherapy work that benefits from visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text work well for shorter check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing coaching between longer sessions.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strains, self-esteem problems, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and attentive. She listens carefully, then offers tools and insights that make sense to each person.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of relationship and sexual health issues as well as general mental health concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a California Psychologist, CA Psychologist 11434, and practices in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She works with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on the client's needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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