About Kathleen
Kathleen Ries is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 13 years of experience. She helps people facing relationship strain, grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. Her work also addresses stress, anger, addictions, intimacy issues, career questions, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.
Kathleen uses a direct but gentle style. She listens first and helps people name what matters most. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps that fit day-to-day life.
How Kathleen works
She draws on several approaches to match each person's needs rather than one fixed method. In sessions she balances emotion and problem solving. Some meetings look at how early attachment patterns affect current relationships.
Other work uses brief, goal-focused strategies for coping and change. Cognitive techniques may be introduced to shift unhelpful thoughts and small behaviors. Her background combines a client-centered stance with attention to trauma and life meaning.
Kathleen aims to help people rebuild safety, restore connection, and find clearer direction after loss or upheaval. She encourages small experiments between sessions to test what helps. People who come to Kathleen can expect steady, practical support.
She guides the process while inviting clients to shape the goals. Her aim is to help people leave sessions with something useful to try.
Kathleen lists 6 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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of connection from early relationships and how those patterns show up now. It helps people understand trust, closeness, and reactivity in relationships so they can try new ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental atmosphere where the therapist follows the client's lead and helps clarify values and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Kathleen will work with each person to figure out what fits their goals, history, and preferences. She may combine techniques and adjust the plan as progress unfolds, inviting feedback and small experiments along the way.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical options. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversations. Phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when a shorter touchpoint is needed between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy fitting busy schedules and changing life demands.
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