About Katie
Katie Aab is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. She focuses on concerns like anxiety, stress, depression, relationship struggles, and substance use. Katie aims to create a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk openly and start to feel more in control of daily life.
Katie has nine years of experience working in community mental health and independent practice settings. She holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology and draws on that background to offer practical support.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses mood disorders, trauma, grief, and challenges with self-esteem and identity. Her style is empathetic and goal oriented. Sessions focus on clear steps clients can try between meetings.
She blends client-centered conversations with structured tools when helpful, so people leave with specific strategies to manage symptoms and stress. Katie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and change behaviors. She also uses Solution-Focused methods to set short-term goals and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for managing strong emotions.
People who reach out can expect a collaborative approach that balances listening with practical skill building. Katie helps clients map small changes that add up to better coping and more satisfying relationships.
How Katie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead and offers support that fits their goals, which helps when someone feels stuck or misunderstood.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Online CBT can teach simple exercises to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new coping habits for anxiety, depression, and mood concerns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers practical skills for handling intense emotions and improving relationships. Skills like distress tolerance and emotion regulation can be practiced between sessions and reviewed during meetings to track progress.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. Katie will work together with each person to choose which methods fit their needs and goals. That plan can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone works well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging allow brief updates, homework, or support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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