Katherine Stratton, LMFT

Katherine Stratton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with five years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and compassion fatigue. Katherine meets clients with warmth and a straightforward style that focuses on practical next steps.

Her sessions aim to help people untangle painful memories and reduce symptoms that get in the way of daily life. She draws on methods that support processing difficult experiences and repairing how people relate to themselves. Katherine also supports those dealing with adoption and foster care concerns and challenges that come with aging and geriatric issues.

In the room she keeps language simple and concrete. Conversations often include pacing that follows what feels manageable, short skills practice, and time to name emotions. She pays attention to patterns that come from family of origin, control issues, codependency, and dissociation so clients can make clearer choices.

Katherine has experience helping first responders with job-related strain and people struggling with hoarding, panic attacks, somatic symptoms, or intense guilt and shame. She aims to help people rebuild self-care and self-compassion while also addressing practical problems that affect daily functioning.

To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability. Katherine encourages people to set small goals at first and adjust the work as progress is made.

How therapeutic methods translate to online work

Brainspotting is a body-aware approach that helps locate and process stuck emotional material by focusing attention on specific eye positions or body sensations; it can be useful for trauma, grief, and persistent emotional blocks. Another commonly used evidence-based method helps people learn small skills for managing anxiety and panic, such as grounding, breathing, and short behavioral experiments that reduce reactivity and build confidence.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will discuss options and work with the client to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and day-to-day needs. This is a collaborative effort and techniques can be adjusted as progress is tracked.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments during breaks or between errands. It can also let people choose sessions that are shorter or more focused when that suits a schedule. Confirm the current session options before booking to know which formats are offered and select times that work with daily routines.