Katherine Barton, LMFT

Therapist in California

Katherine Barton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California.

Licensed inCalifornia
License53007
NPI 1083024186
Experience12+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Katherine

Katherine Barton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She brings 12 years of experience helping people address stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting concerns in straightforward, practical ways. Katherine uses attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current patterns.

She pairs that with client-centered work to make sessions feel respectful and focused on each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used when thoughts and behaviors are getting in the way of daily life.

Background and approach

In a session she listens for patterns that cause pain and offers simple tools to test between old assumptions and new choices. People often work on calming skills for anxiety, steps to manage low mood, or clearer boundaries in strained relationships. She also supports those coping with grief, addiction-related struggles, compassion fatigue, and parenting stress.

Katherine has experience addressing issues related to adoption and foster care, codependency, dissociation, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, personality differences, self-harm, somatization, and seasonal mood changes. She aims to keep language plain and strategies concrete so people can try things between sessions. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person.

Sessions can include practical homework, narrative work to reframe difficult stories, and solution-focused steps for immediate problems. Katherine offers video, phone, chat, and messaging formats to fit different needs.

Credentials

LMFT (California): License 53007 · expires August 2026
NPI: 1083024186 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Katherine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues
Depression
Compassion fatigue
Addictions
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Adoption and foster care
Codependency
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Intellectual disability
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Personality disorders
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Somatization

Approaches Katherine names

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Online support

Attachment-informed and practical therapy online

Katherine often uses attachment-based therapy to understand how early relationship patterns affect current emotions and reactions. This approach looks at how connections shape expectations and helps people try new ways of relating that reduce anxiety and improve safety in relationships. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and working at the client’s pace to build trust and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers clear steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression in concrete ways.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katherine will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and the challenges they bring. Sessions can mix attachment exploration, supportive listening, and CBT-style exercises depending on what feels most useful.

Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, progress notes, or when someone prefers written communication. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and continue work from different settings.

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Frequently asked

What concerns does this therapist address?

Katherine works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, grief, compassion fatigue, addictions, relationship and family concerns, and related issues.

What is her general therapy style?

She blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches to keep sessions respectful, practical, and focused on the person's goals.

How much experience does she have?

Katherine has 12 years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns in California.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Are international clients accepted?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to connect.

How does cost and scheduling work?

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