Katherine Weller
Compassionate, experienced guidance for life transitions
LMFT California
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Parenting
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Katherine
Katherine Weller is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with three decades of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, family and parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, depression, life transitions, and career or financial stress.
Background and approach
Her practice also addresses compassion fatigue, self-esteem, caregiving burden, blended family dynamics, codependency, and other family-of-origin and communication problems that can undermine wellbeing. She brings a systems-informed perspective that considers early family patterns, current relationships, work and community contexts, and how those influences shape a person’s sense of self and connection to others.
Katherine combines attentive listening with thoughtful challenge and encouragement, aiming to foster hope, personal agency, and actionable change. Her clinical toolkit includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered, dialectical behavior, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused approaches so that interventions match each client’s needs.
Licensed in California as an LMFT, Katherine draws on broad experience across hospitals, public health settings, military bases, agencies, and independent practice in both urban and rural communities. She emphasizes the therapeutic relationship as the foundation for growth and tailors sessions to promote clearer perspective, stronger coping skills, and goals that feel attainable and meaningful.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce distress and improve functioning. It is often applied to anxiety, depression, stress, and many practical life challenges by teaching skills for managing thoughts and emotions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens closely and supports the client’s own discovery of solutions and personal strengths. This approach helps when people need validation, greater self-regard, and a collaborative space to explore goals.
Choosing the right blend of techniques is part of the therapeutic process and will be determined collaboratively. The therapist will work with each client to clarify goals, try approaches that fit their needs, and adjust methods over time so that therapy stays practical and personally relevant.
Online sessions make it easier to access care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for people with busy schedules, mobility limits, or geographic constraints. These options support continued progress by allowing clients to engage in ways that fit their daily life while working toward clearer perspective, coping skills, and achievable goals.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed
California, Washington
Languages
English