Six months ago I came to Susan feeling lost and very alone. Something was missing from my life. Something wasn't quite right. I believed that something was external; perhaps my husband, my kids, my career. I blamed others for my unhappiness for my failures. I yearned for inner peace. Prior to seeing Susan I had considered marriage counseling and career coaching. Instead I chose Susan and it has been one of the most impactful decisions I've made.

My name is Cassandra and I'm a client of Susan's. I've been working with her for about the last year. There is a tremendous change. In fact, I kind of think of my life as before Susan and after Susan.

Before Susan, I would describe my life as confused and complacent. I didn't know where I was going. You know, I knew that life wasn't working for me but I didn't know why,

Hi my name is Lynette and I am just really honored to have this opportunity to share a little bit about my experience and with working with Susan. I first met Susan in the summer of 2005 and attended her Passages to Empowerment Seminar. And I had never felt so comfortable and such compassion and such warmth and love in a room with women before. And all of that was because of Susan and the way she facilitated that group and allowed each of us to come as we were and to be open to share and to learn and grow.

Hello my name is Beth. I am a forty three year old woman who lives in Los Gatos. I’ve been seeing Susan for the last year. I have gone through several different therapists, tried different things in my life to try to reach some type of fulfillment and self love, trying to be happy and enjoy life thoroughly and didn’t ever seem to find anything that worked for me.

So when I started seeing Susan about a couple of years ago I was in a spot where I could not see any possibility of getting to my dreams and what I wanted to accomplish in my life seemed so far away from me.

We wrote it all down and put it in the corner and she asked me what is keeping me from accomplishing those dreams?

When I first came to Susan, I felt lost, broken, confused and helpless. I was constantly in the state of fear which left me paralyzed and feeling alone even though I had the support of my family and friends. I was too proud to ask for help when I needed it and closed myself off from everyone who loved me. I felt stupid, unworthy and didn't think I had much to offer anyone. It's no wonder I felt like a failure in my life. There was left over guilt, resentment and feeling of betrayal and abandonment which prevented me from honestly loving anyone including myself.