Susan Baltimore, LCSW

Licensed in California · 40 years in practice

Susan Baltimore is a licensed clinical social worker in California with forty years of practice.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 9118 · expires September 2027
NPI: 1083731574 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 40
Languages: English

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About Susan

Susan Baltimore is a licensed clinical social worker in California with forty years of practice. She focuses on common and painful problems like anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and trauma. Her approach is calm and practical and aims to help people find steady ground during hard times.

Susan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people talk through emotional wounds and rebuild everyday coping. She listens closely to discover what matters most to each person.

Background and approach

Then she helps shape goals and simple steps that fit real life. Many clients seek her help for loneliness, social anxiety, attachment concerns, body image struggles, and caregiving stress. She also works with people facing divorce or separation and those managing mood disorders or post-traumatic stress.

Sessions focus on reducing distress and improving day-to-day functioning. Her style is warm and non-judgmental. She aims to make the space feel manageable so people can speak openly and try new ways of coping.

Empathy and collaboration guide the work; she helps people notice patterns and practice alternatives. Susan aims to support people who want clearer direction and more emotional resilience. She helps clients reconnect with their values and build practical strategies for change.

The work moves at a pace chosen by the person in therapy, with steady attention to what they need most.

Focus areas and approaches

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Online support

Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit your life

Many of Susan's methods are evidence-based techniques that focus on present problems and practical change. One common approach emphasizes building coping skills and routines to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression; it teaches specific strategies for managing worries, improving sleep, and stabilizing mood. Another approach centers on processing trauma and its effects through gradual, controlled steps that help reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. These methods are useful for people facing post-traumatic stress, grief, or long-standing emotional pain.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your history, current concerns, and what you hope to change. Together you will try methods that match your goals and adjust the plan based on what helps most. The work is paced to your needs and practical priorities.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you have a face-to-face conversation from wherever you are, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a brief check-in, and text-based messaging supports shorter reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities while keeping the focus on steady progress.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she commonly help with?

Susan helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties, and trauma and abuse. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety and phobia.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is compassionate, practical, and collaborative. She listens closely, helps set clear goals, and offers evidence-based techniques tailored to each person's needs.

What kind of experience does she bring?

She brings forty years of clinical experience working with adults through complex emotional challenges and life transitions.

Where is she licensed and practicing?

She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are offered to people located where her California license applies.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits the person’s needs and schedule.

How do fees and getting started work?

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