About Kathryn
Kathryn (Katie) Mason is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship concerns, and ADHD. She uses straightforward support to help people take the next step when life feels overwhelming. Katie emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental presence so clients can talk through hard feelings and new ideas.
Katie draws on several ways of working to match what each person needs. She uses attachment-focused ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions.
Background and approach
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and try clearer, more workable behaviors. When trauma is a factor, she includes EMDR as one tool alongside talk-based work. Sessions aim to be practical and collaborative.
Katie helps people set clear goals, practice new skills, and notice small changes between visits. She encourages simple, concrete steps that fit daily life rather than long lists of tasks. With 17 years of experience, Katie has worked with many kinds of struggles, including grief, addiction, body image concerns, impulse control, and midlife transitions.
She explains approaches in plain language and adjusts pace to each person’s comfort. Therapy is offered in English and delivered online through several formats. Katie invites people who are ready to explore change to begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling an initial appointment.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current connections. Online work can use this approach to identify relationship habits and practice new ways of relating in real time. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. It often includes short exercises and homework that fit easily into daily life and can be reviewed in a video or text session. EMDR addresses distress linked to traumatic memories by pairing focused attention with guided processing; parts of EMDR-informed work can be adapted for video sessions while tracking progress week to week.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Katie will talk with a person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences, then suggest methods to try. She adjusts techniques as progress unfolds and checks in often to make sure the plan still fits the client's needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or travel. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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