About
She offers individual, couples, and group therapy services, specializing in issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship problems, and trauma recovery. Her approach integrates Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, Gestalt, psychodynamic, and attachment theory. Baum believes that therapy should be a collaborative and empathetic process, focusing on developing the capacity to be more present with oneself and in life. She works with clients to identify and remove blocks to growth, helping them develop new ways of being, thinking, feeling, and behaving. Baum's therapeutic work is experiential, working with emotions and the body to facilitate change. She offers both verbal and body-based techniques to help clients deepen their experience and connect with themselves. Baum's services are particularly helpful for individuals dealing with significant symptoms of depression or anxiety, experiencing intense emotions, or struggling with relationships. She also works with clients who want to access more aliveness and creativity, develop new ways of being in the world, or process loss and grief in a more embodied and expressive way. Baum's approach is holistic, recognizing the interconnectedness of the body and mind. She works with clients to develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their emotions, and their relationships, helping them find a pathway to healing and greater pleasure in life.
Insurance & payment
Susan Baum accepts Aetna, BlueCross and BlueShield, First Choice Health | FCH, Kaiser (Out-of-Network), Kaiser, various plans, Premera Blue Cross, and Regence insurance plans.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- MultiPlan
- Kaiser Permanente
- various plans
- Out of network
Listed fee: $130 per session, I accept insurance. Ask about sliding-scale fees if you're paying out of pocket.
Services & specialties
Individual Psychotherapy
A process where clients can come to feel and know themselves more deeply, develop language for and understanding of their experience, and work through restrictive psychological and physical patterns that inhibit their growth and aliveness.
Couples Therapy
Working with couples around issues of connection, differentiation, sexuality, emotional intimacy, conflict, and communication, among others, while supporting individual growth in the context of fostering a satisfying and fulfilling intimate relationship.
Group Therapy
An experimental space to explore one's relationship to oneself and others, and to learn more about one's ways of relating, connecting, and perceiving, often highlighting issues such as belonging, dealing with differences, conflict, giving and receiving, and family patterns.
Body Oriented Psychotherapy
An emotionally-focused somatic therapeutic approach that is particularly helpful for individuals recovering from trauma, experiencing stress-related somatic disorders, or having difficulty feeling or identifying their emotions, utilizing breath and/or movement to open and unravel blockages to living more freely and fully.