Kathleen Grisez

Kathleen Grisez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 30 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, navigate trauma and abuse, and address intimacy-related concerns. Kathleen also supports those coping with depression and issues related to sexual orientation and identity. Her style centers on listening first and following the client’s lead. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them use their strengths to face hard moments. Kathleen encourages small, practical steps that fit a client’s everyday life. In sessions she talks through what matters now and what change looks like later. She helps people untangle patterns around attachment, abandonment, codependency, and communication problems. She also works with concerns such as body image, infertility stress, grief, and feelings of emptiness. Kathleen has worked with adults across a range of life transitions, including midlife shifts, infidelity recovery, and the stress of separation and divorce. Her decades of practice have included responding to community-wide crises and individual trauma. People who choose Kathleen usually want a respectful, steady therapist who listens and offers clear options. She aims to make the steps forward feel manageable. If you’re ready to begin, she asks clients to pick Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.

How evidence-based approaches can help online

Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on building skills and changing patterns. One approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying practical alternatives; this helps with anxiety and depression by breaking down overwhelming problems into small, doable steps. Another common approach looks at attachment and relationship patterns to improve communication and closeness, which can be useful for intimacy concerns and issues around abandonment and codependency. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past efforts, and what feels most helpful. Together they will choose or combine methods that fit the client’s needs and preferences. If you are considering online therapy, check which session formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people access care when local options are limited. Confirm the available session types and scheduling details during the sign-up process so you know what to expect.