About Katherine
Katherine "Katie" Sandven Moss is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 12 years of experience. She focuses on addictions, relationship tension, family conflict, parenting challenges, and building self-esteem. Katie uses straightforward, practical support to help people take the next step toward change.
Katie helps people talk through issues like abandonment and attachment concerns. She supports those coping with body image, caregiver stress, and communication problems. She also addresses control issues, impulsivity, and feelings of isolation or loneliness.
How Katherine works
Clients bring concerns about divorce and separation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and finding life purpose. She also works with money and financial stress, mood disorders, and panic attacks. Sessions focus on clear goals and developing everyday skills to manage symptoms.
Her approach is warm and nonjudgmental. Katie aims to create an open setting where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of being blamed. She helps people build confidence and motivation through steady encouragement and practical steps.
Katie offers multiple ways to connect so therapy can fit into busy lives. She guides each person through a short matching process to begin, then schedules sessions based on availability. Her style is calm and direct, with an emphasis on usable tools and steady progress.
What Katherine works with
The areas below are the ones Katherine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches work online
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical skills and clear goals. One common approach teaches coping strategies and behavior changes to reduce addictive or impulsive actions and manage panic symptoms. It helps people identify triggers and build step-by-step routines to respond differently.Another approach centers on understanding attachment and communication patterns. It helps people notice how past relationships shape current reactions and then practice new ways of connecting and setting boundaries. This can be useful for relationship strain, family conflict, and parenting stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted as progress is made, so the process stays practical and goal-oriented.
Online therapy offers flexibility across several formats. Video calls let people meet face-to-face when bandwidth allows. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when video is not possible. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief updates, in-between support, or times when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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