Kathryn (Katie) Mason, LMFT

Kathryn (Katie) Mason is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 17 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and addiction-related concerns. She welcomes questions about grief, parenting pressures, body image, intimacy problems, and mood concerns like bipolar disorder. Katie aims to make the first step feel doable and clear. Katie keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens first, then helps people notice unhelpful thinking and patterns. From there she and the client try small changes to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Sessions are meant to be collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help change thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress. She also uses Attachment-Based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current reactions. Client-Centered principles guide how she responds - she listens without judgment and follows the client's lead. Over 17 years in California settings, Katie has worked with people facing trauma and with those processing relationship rupture, separation, and abandonment. She also supports people with ADHD-related challenges, impulsivity, and panic attacks. Her approach blends problem-focused skills with attention to emotions and relational patterns. Katie offers several ways to meet, including video, phone, live chat, or messaging. She encourages people to start with a short matching questionnaire to find a good fit and schedule sessions based on availability. Her goal is to help people find more balance and clearer next steps.

Therapeutic approaches you can access online

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and trying small experiments to change them. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and habit-related problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating and reacting, and it can help with intimacy, abandonment, and communication problems. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental stance where the therapist follows the client's lead and supports their own problem-solving and insight.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences, and together they will try methods that feel most useful. Plans can be adjusted as needs change and some techniques can be blended depending on progress.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues during deeper work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief updates, between-session check-ins, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping continuity of care.