About Kathryn
Kathryn Shafer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with ten years of clinical experience in California. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, rebuild confidence, and handle life transitions. Her approach is practical and respectful.
She aims to tailor sessions to each person's needs and goals. She often works with concerns about relationships, family tensions, and parenting challenges. Kathryn also supports people facing mood issues such as depression and bipolar mood swings, as well as difficulties with eating, body image, and self-esteem.
Background and approach
She addresses symptoms like panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, and social anxiety in straightforward ways. In sessions she emphasizes clear, collaborative planning. Conversations are shaped around what the client wants to change and steps they can try between meetings.
Kathryn prioritizes empathy and sensitivity while helping people practice new skills and habits. She pays attention to practical obstacles too, including work and career stress, feelings of isolation, and the demands of blended families. For people with ADHD, impulsivity or motivation problems, she focuses on realistic strategies they can use day to day.
Kathryn aims to empower clients to make manageable changes. She encourages small, measurable steps and checks in on progress. Her goal is to help people feel more able to cope, make choices that suit them, and move toward a life that feels more balanced.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Kathryn uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills you can use outside sessions. One common approach helps people recognize unhelpful thinking patterns and try more balanced ways of thinking; this can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach emphasizes behavioral steps and gradual exposure to feared situations, which can help with panic, social anxiety, and avoidance patterns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kathryn will work with each person to figure out what methods match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts the plan as progress is made and encourages clients to give feedback about what is or isn’t working.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow fuller face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when a quick check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to share thoughts between sessions and get brief support without scheduling a full call. These options help people fit therapy into work, parenting, or school schedules while keeping consistent care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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