About Kathy
Dr. Kathy Cox is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and ADHD. She focuses on practical support that helps people handle daily life, manage strong emotions, and navigate relationship and parenting strains.
Her style is calm and direct, aiming to build trust and work from each person’s strengths. She uses straightforward, evidence-informed methods to help clients make changes that matter.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skills practice, short-term behavior changes, and ways to reduce overwhelm. She emphasizes collaboration, so goals and pace are set together. Dr.
Cox has a background in social work education and has authored two books, one on social work practice and another about self-care for counselors. That teaching experience informs her clear explanations and the practical focus she brings to sessions. Many clients come for help with trauma, addiction or compassion fatigue after stressful work or caregiving roles.
She also supports people dealing with bipolar symptoms, anger, low self-esteem, and life transitions such as aging or caregiving changes. Her approach mixes client-centered listening with structured techniques. Outside of clinical work she enjoys yoga, swimming, and time with her dogs.
She lives in California and brings a measured, experienced perspective to each meeting.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered work starts by listening closely to each person’s concerns and priorities. It focuses on building a respectful relationship and drawing on a person’s strengths to set goals and guide changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, behaviors, and feelings and teaches concrete skills to reduce symptoms like anxiety, low mood, and distractibility. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication skills for people who struggle with intense emotions or impulsive behavior.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person’s goals and daily life. Together they review what’s working and adjust techniques as therapy progresses so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into a busy life. Video lets people see one another for longer sessions and skills practice. Phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging can provide brief check-ins, skill reminders, or flexible contact between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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