Business Details
Your Trusted Mental Health Therapist in Hollywood
As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Hollywood, I bring over a decade of specialized experience in psychodynamic and neurodevelopmental approaches to mental health care. My practice focuses on creating collaborative therapeutic relationships that empower clients to achieve lasting change through deeper self-understanding. With advanced training in parent-infant psychotherapy and early intervention therapies, I work with adults, children, and families facing anxiety, trauma, developmental challenges, and perinatal mental health concerns. My clinical background includes extensive work at Los Angeles-area clinics specializing in autism spectrum disorders and attachment issues.I integrate evidence-based modalities like Neuro-Relational Framework and Watch, Wait, Wonder to address each client's unique needs. My practice philosophy emphasizes the critical role of early relationships in shaping mental health outcomes across the lifespan. Through individual therapy, parent-infant sessions, and group workshops, I help clients build healthier emotional foundations. My approach combines psychoanalytic theory with practical mindfulness techniques to support clients during life transitions and developmental milestones. This comprehensive expertise enables me to provide tailored mental health solutions grounded in both scientific research and compassionate care.
Services
Individual Psychotherapy
Parent-Infant Psychotherapy
Groups and Workshops
Child Therapy
Couples Therapy
Highlights and features
- Specialized training in parent-infant psychotherapy and early intervention
- Integrates neurodevelopmental perspective with psychodynamic therapy
- Experienced treating autism spectrum disorders and developmental delays
- Offers evidence-based therapies like Neuro-Relational Framework
- Combines psychoanalytic theory with mindfulness-based techniques
Services
Individual Psychotherapy
Personalized mental health treatment for adults and adolescents addressing anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. Our psychodynamic approach explores unconscious patterns while incorporating neurodevelopmental insights to foster emotional growth. Clients develop self-awareness and coping strategies through collaborative therapeutic relationships.
Parent-Infant Psychotherapy
Specialized treatment for caregivers and infants under three years old experiencing bonding difficulties or developmental challenges. This dyadic therapy addresses postpartum mental health concerns while strengthening caregiver-child attachment through observation-based interventions. Sessions focus on improving emotional attunement and reducing behavioral concerns in early childhood.
Groups and Workshops
Structured group sessions addressing specific mental health needs through peer support and professional guidance. Our offerings include mindful parenting classes, developmental support groups, and therapeutic workshops for emotional regulation. These programs combine education with experiential learning to build community and practical coping skills.
Child Therapy
Developmentally appropriate mental health treatment for children facing behavioral challenges, developmental delays, or emotional difficulties. Using play-based and relationship-focused techniques, we help children build emotional regulation skills and improve social functioning while supporting family systems.
Couples Therapy
Therapeutic support for intimate partners seeking to improve communication and resolve relationship conflicts. Our approach examines relational patterns through a psychodynamic lens while addressing practical challenges in maintaining healthy connections. Sessions focus on building emotional intimacy and conflict resolution skills.
People
Melissa Susac
Marriage and Family Therapist
Licensed psychotherapist with advanced training in psychodynamic therapy and neurodevelopmental approaches. Specializes in adult mental health, parent-infant relationships, and early childhood developmental challenges through evidence-based interventions.
Questions
What mental health services do you offer?
We provide individual psychotherapy for adults and children, parent-infant psychotherapy, and therapeutic groups focusing on anxiety, trauma, developmental challenges, and perinatal mental health.
What therapeutic approach do you use?
Our practice combines psychodynamic/psychoanalytic therapy with neurodevelopmental perspectives and evidence-based modalities like Neuro-Relational Framework and Watch, Wait, Wonder techniques.
Do you work with children and families?
Yes, we specialize in child therapy, parent-infant psychotherapy, and family systems work, including treatment for developmental delays and autism spectrum disorders.
What makes your parent-infant therapy unique?
Our parent-infant psychotherapy addresses early relationship challenges through joint sessions that help resolve misattunements and build healthy caregiver-child bonds using specialized techniques.
How do you handle developmental challenges?
We employ relationship-based therapies and early intervention strategies tailored to address developmental delays, attachment issues, and neurodiversity in young children.
