About Kathleen
Kathleen Jansen is an LMFT who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, relationship struggles, trauma, and life changes. She brings 11 years of experience and a calm, direct style to sessions. Kathleen aims to help people find practical steps forward and reduce the overwhelm they feel day to day.
She uses a collaborative approach and builds treatment around each person's needs. Early meetings are for getting to know a client's history and priorities.
Background and approach
From there she and the client set small, manageable goals and pick strategies that fit the person's life. Kathleen draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address problems like panic, worry, depression, attachment wounds, and problems with trust or boundaries. She also works with issues such as grief, caregiver stress, body image, money worries, and feelings of isolation.
Sessions mix conversation, skills practice, and real-world homework so progress can be tracked. Her training includes a master’s degree in counseling and an undergraduate background in anthropology. Kathleen describes her style as honest and engaged; she listens closely and offers straightforward feedback when it will help.
She encourages steady, sustainable change rather than quick fixes. Outside of work she reads, plays video games, and spends time with her family. That everyday perspective often informs how she helps people find practical, usable tools to feel better and move toward the life they want.
Approaches and Online Options for Anxiety and Life Changes
Many clients start with techniques that focus on thinking patterns and behavior. Cognitive-behavioral approaches help people identify unhelpful thoughts and practice different ways of responding to anxiety and low mood. These methods are useful for worry, panic, and persistent negative thinking.Other work can focus on bodily cues and emotional regulation. Somatic-informed strategies help people notice how stress shows up in the body and learn simple practices to reduce physical tension. These approaches are often paired with skills for handling intense emotions and building better communication in relationships.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative planning makes it easier to try something and adjust it if it isn’t working.
Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth sessions and real-time interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people share concerns between sessions and get support during the week. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue care when in-person visits aren’t practical.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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