About Katherine
Katherine Oakenshield is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Arizona who focuses on anxiety, stress, relationship concerns, and issues around identity. She speaks English and brings four years of clinical experience to short-term problem solving and deeper personal work.
Katherine aims to make difficult conversations feel clearer and more manageable for people who are overwhelmed or uncertain about next steps. Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. Sessions are practical and conversational.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns in relationships, attachment, and personal meaning. From there she helps people try small changes that can make daily life feel steadier. Katherine blends several approaches to match each person's needs.
She uses ideas from attachment-based work to look at relationship patterns. She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to help with anxious thoughts and behaviors. Emotionally focused and Gottman-informed methods guide couples and individuals through improving communication and closeness.
She also offers support around sexuality, kink and polyamory, gender questions, body image, and parenting stress. Katherine avoids jargon and focuses on steps people can take between sessions. Her style fits people who want both practical techniques and room to talk about identity and meaning.
Therapy sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire so they can be paired with a therapist whose approach and schedule fit their needs.
How Katherine’s approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior; online sessions use conversation and reflective questions to notice patterns and try new ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities, so the therapist follows the client’s lead and offers empathy and encouragement to build self-understanding and confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and increase functioning.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then pick methods together. It’s common to blend ideas from different approaches and adjust over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people work face to face without traveling, while phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people share thoughts between sessions or fit support into a busy day. These options make it easier to sustain regular work on anxiety, relationships, and identity concerns while fitting therapy into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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