About Katherine
Dr. Katherine (Kate) Bergam is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 22 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, sleep problems, or low self-esteem.
She also supports clients facing career uncertainty, ADHD-related challenges, grief, anger, and issues around relationships and communication. Kate uses a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate approach. She adapts conversations and plans to fit each person’s needs.
Sessions are practical and focused on small, manageable changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
In sessions she listens first, then works with people to set clear goals. She helps identify patterns that keep problems going and tries simple strategies to shift them. Work may include improving sleep routines, reducing panic symptoms, or building better self-talk.
Her background includes over two decades of clinical work in California. That experience informs a steady, patient style and a focus on real-world solutions. She encourages clients to take the pace that feels right for them.
Starting therapy with Kate involves a short matching process and scheduling that fits the client. She emphasizes collaboration so people leave each session with concrete next steps and a clearer sense of direction.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Dr. Bergam uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at turning daily struggles into manageable steps. One approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking and replace it with clearer, calmer thinking; this can reduce worry and lessen panic symptoms. Another approach focuses on building routines and behavioral changes to improve sleep, energy, and mood; it helps with insomnia and stress-related fatigue.Choosing the right method is a team effort. She works collaboratively with each person to figure out which approaches match their goals and preferences. Together they test methods, review what works, and adjust the plan over time to stay practical and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when written reflection helps a person process between sessions. These options make it easier to attend appointments around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping therapeutic work focused and actionable.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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