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Katherine Eldean, LMFT

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Addictions
  • Therapy approachesAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Katherine

Katherine Eldean is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with two decades of experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges. She draws on an integrative clinical background to help clients navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, and bipolar disorder.

Background and approach

Katherine emphasizes client strengths and believes each person brings vital knowledge about their own life into the therapy process. Her work also extends to issues such as grief, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.

Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment wounds, codependency, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, communication struggles, dissociation, and the emotional impacts of separation or domestic violence. Katherine aims to create a collaborative space where practical skills and deeper emotional work are balanced to help clients move toward more fulfilling, manageable daily lives.

Online Approaches That Meet You Where You Are

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and learn simple, practical ways to act in line with those values even when distressing thoughts or feelings arise. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of unhelpful thinking and behavior and developing concrete skills to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, or disruptive routines. Both approaches offer practical tools that can be tailored to stress, mood concerns, addiction-related patterns, and attention-related challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Katherine collaborates with each person to determine which methods best fit their goals, preferences, and life context. She integrates different techniques as needed and reviews progress together so the plan can shift if something isn't working.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These formats make it easier to schedule ongoing work around busy lives, manage follow-up between sessions, and access care when in-person meetings are not practical. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT tools effectively in remote formats to support steady, practical progress.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Katherine commonly address?
Her practice addresses stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, grief, and a variety of related concerns such as eating and sleeping problems, career stress, and ADHD.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Katherine uses an integrative, strengths-based approach that centers the client's expertise about their life while applying evidence-informed methods to build coping skills and emotional insight.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 20 years of professional experience working with a wide range of mental health and life transition issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (CA LMFT 49558) practicing from California.
Does she work with international clients or multiple languages?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients for remote work.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their preferences and availability.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps begin the process of working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseDepression

Also works with

Family conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English

What Katherine can help with

Katherine Eldean works with clients on stress and anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and depression.

Katherine works with clients with stress, anxiety, coping with addictions, and relationship issues.

How Katherine approaches therapy

Katherine's clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Gottman Method.

Experience and training

Katherine is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California, with 20 years of clinical experience.