Susana Garcia

Susana Garcia, LMHC, brings 14 years of clinical experience to an embodied, body-centered approach. She frames therapy around connection to the body and uses movement, breath, and mindfulness alongside talking. Her practice aims to help women and other clients who want practical tools to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma.

She blends Dialectical Behavior Therapy with mindfulness and somatic techniques. Sessions often include skills to regulate strong emotions, grounding practices for overwhelming sensations, and exercises that help people notice how feelings show up in the body. This approach can also support concerns related to gender, sexuality, and relationship patterns.

Susana has worked with people navigating LGBT issues, gender dysphoria, and the effects of prejudice and discrimination. She also supports those exploring BDSM, kink, and non-monogamous relationship structures, and helps people with body image and sexual concerns. The emphasis is on respect, consent, and helping people find ways to care for themselves in daily life.

Her work draws on trauma-focused methods when past hurt affects current functioning. Those coping with post-traumatic stress or abuse can learn pacing, grounding, and skills to reduce reactivity. Susana aims to meet each person where they are and move at a pace that feels manageable.

Sessions are offered in English and are delivered from her Florida practice. She uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time. To begin, readers are asked to use the platform Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How embodied and trauma-focused approaches translate to online therapy

Susana integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Somatic Therapy into her work. DBT focuses on teaching concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. Somatic Therapy emphasizes awareness of bodily sensations and movement to help people notice and shift physical patterns tied to stress and trauma.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which techniques fit a person's needs, goals, and comfort level. That conversation helps shape whether sessions center more on skills training, body-based practices, or trauma processing.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing therapy to happen from a convenient location. It can also allow brief check-ins when bandwidth is limited or a longer session when deeper work is needed. Talk with the therapist during matching to learn how these methods are adapted to remote work and which session arrangements will best support each person's goals.