About Kathleen
Kathleen Dodge helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or parenting strain. She introduces a calm, nonjudgmental presence so people can talk about what matters. Her approach is gentle and practical, aimed at small changes that make daily life easier.
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California with seven years of experience. Kathleen focuses on building trust first, then clarifying what a person wants to change.
How Kathleen works
Sessions often center on identifying simple steps and practicing new ways of coping between meetings. Her work addresses self-esteem and motivation as well as compassion fatigue and caregiver stress. She also helps with communication problems, codependency, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation.
Kathleen brings attention to how everyday habits affect mood and relationships. People meet Kathleen to work through life transitions like divorce, pregnancy and childbirth, midlife shifts, or moving into young adulthood. She supports those coping with post-traumatic stress and grief from loss.
Conversations are guided by the client’s goals and paced to what feels manageable. Kathleen uses Client-Centered Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to guide her sessions. That means listening closely, reflecting what’s most important, and helping clients set small, achievable goals.
Her practice emphasizes clear next steps and steady progress over time.
Kathleen lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Kathleen works with
The areas below are the ones Kathleen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
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Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Kathleen’s approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on being heard and understood. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what’s most important, and follows the client’s lead to build trust and clarity. This approach often helps people facing grief, low self-worth, or relationship strain.Solution-Focused Therapy is goal oriented and practical. Sessions look for small, concrete changes that add up over time and prioritize what works now. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and getting unstuck in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kathleen will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. She collaborates with each person to try different ways of working and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video lets visual cues guide the conversation, phone sessions can fit into short breaks or low bandwidth situations, and live chat or texting can support quick check-ins or ongoing reflection. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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