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Katherine Barton, LMFT

  • Experience12 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, and Parenting
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Katherine

Katherine Barton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with twelve years of clinical experience in California. She draws on Internal Family Systems alongside client-centered and cognitive approaches to help people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance-related concerns.

Background and approach

Her practice aims to combine practical skills with compassionate understanding so clients can regain stability and build healthier coping strategies. Her work also addresses relationship and family dynamics, parenting challenges, grief, compassion fatigue, and a range of other struggles such as obsessions and compulsions, dissociation, and issues related to adoption and foster care.

Katherine emphasizes a warm, interactive style that treats each person with sensitivity and respect while tailoring interventions to the individual’s needs. She encourages clients who want change to take that first step and offers steady support through the process.

Sessions are offered in English and are structured to be collaborative, focusing on the client’s goals and preferences. Katherine’s combination of evidence-informed techniques and a person-centered stance aims to empower clients to make meaningful, sustainable changes in their lives.

Integrating Relational Approaches with Online Therapy

Internal Family Systems (IFS) explores the different parts that make up a person's internal world, helping people understand self-protective and wounded parts and learn how to relate to them with curiosity and care; this approach can be useful for trauma, anxiety, and patterns that keep repeating. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape emotional regulation and connection, and it helps people repair relational wounds and build more stable bonds. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and collaboration, offering a nonjudgmental space where clients guide the pace and focus of the work.

Choosing the best therapeutic approach is part of the process, and the therapist works collaboratively with each person to identify which combination of methods fits their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they explore what feels most helpful and adjust strategies as therapy unfolds to prioritize the client's experience and desired outcomes.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different lifestyles and schedules. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care when life gets busy or travel is difficult, and they allow licensed professionals to offer consistent support across a range of communication styles.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Katherine works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, compassion fatigue, addictions, relationship and family issues, and grief. Additional focus areas include OCD, dissociation, personality disorders, and issues related to adoption and foster care.
What is the therapist's general approach to therapy?
Therapy blends Internal Family Systems with client-centered principles and cognitive techniques to combine relational exploration with practical skills training. The style is described as warm and interactive, focusing on collaboration and respect.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
The therapist has twelve years of experience working in California with people facing a broad array of mental health and relationship concerns.
What credentials and location information are provided?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the credential CA LMFT 53007 and practices in California.
Which languages are available for sessions and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Appointments are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How is cost structured for sessions?
Cost varies depending on location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with this therapist?
To get started select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseParenting issuesDepressionCompassion fatigue

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGrief

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careCodependencyDependent personalityDissociationIntellectual disabilityObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPersonality disordersSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSomatization

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Narrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

12+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English