About Katie
Katie Aab is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and substance use concerns. She supports those coping with relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma, anger, low self-esteem, and life changes. Katie works in a direct, compassionate way and aims to make therapy feel approachable and practical.
Katie brings nine years of clinical experience in both community mental health and independent practice settings.
How Katie works
She uses a mix of methods to match each person’s needs, focusing on clear goals and skills people can use between sessions. Sessions are grounded in empathy and respect while keeping attention on measurable progress. Her work often targets problems like attachment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, communication breakdowns, control issues, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
Katie also addresses issues related to divorce or separation, forgiveness, guilt, impulsivity, and finding purpose during midlife transitions. Katie relies on approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. She integrates these tools to build coping skills, reduce symptoms, and strengthen decision-making during difficult moments.
Sessions are offered in English and are provided through online formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Katie emphasizes collaboration, helping people set realistic goals and pick strategies that fit their daily lives.
Katie lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Katie works with
The areas below are the ones Katie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Katie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting connection so people feel understood and can name their goals. This approach is useful for concerns like low self-esteem, relationship struggles, and life transitions because it starts from the person’s own priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It teaches practical tools for reducing anxiety, improving mood, and changing unhelpful habits through small, structured steps.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Katie will talk with each person about what they want to change, try out strategies, and adjust plans based on what works. That collaborative process helps match methods to short-term goals and long-term growth.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets people check in quickly during a break, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping work focused on practical skills and steady progress.
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