Kathleen Ries, LMFT

California · 13 years in practice

Kathleen Ries is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with 13 years of practice.

License and registration

LMFT, California: 78366 · expires August 2027
NPI: 1932406568 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 13
Languages: English

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About Kathleen

Kathleen Ries is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with 13 years of practice. She helps people facing relationship strain, grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and problems with intimacy or addiction. Her work also covers anger, career concerns, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and coping with big life changes.

Kathleen uses a blend of approaches that fit each person’s needs. Sessions focus on honest conversation, practical steps, and making sense of what matters most.

Background and approach

She listens for patterns in relationships and helps people find new ways to respond to old problems. Her style is warm and straightforward. She aims to make therapy feel useful from the first session.

Clients can expect clear goals, gentle challenges, and take-away strategies they can try between meetings. Kathleen draws on Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas to strengthen relationships and emotional awareness. She also uses elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused work to build skills for managing mood and stress.

Existential themes - such as meaning, choice, and responsibility - often guide conversations about life direction. Her background includes long-term clinical work with adults in California. Over more than a decade she has guided people through grief, trauma recovery, and major transitions.

Kathleen aims to help each person reconnect with strengths and move forward with more clarity.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Anger management
Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Depression
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue

Approaches Kathleen names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches that work well online

Existential Therapy helps people talk about meaning, choice, and the values that guide daily life. It can be useful when someone faces major changes, questions about identity, or a sense of stuckness. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect present relationships and emotional responses; it helps people understand patterns and build safer ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and uses empathy and acceptance to help someone feel heard and make their own decisions.

Kathleen treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences and adapt methods accordingly. That may mean combining existential questions with practical CBT-style steps or focusing more on relational insight depending on what feels most helpful.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break. Live chat or text messaging can work for short check-ins, notes between sessions, or people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or travel.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Kathleen address in sessions?

She works with relationship problems, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, stress, anxiety, addictions, intimacy issues, parenting challenges, self-esteem, career questions, depression, life changes, and compassion fatigue.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is warm, direct, and collaborative. She combines listening with practical steps and clear goals to help people make changes between sessions.

What experience does she bring to therapy?

She has 13 years of clinical experience working with adults on grief, trauma recovery, relationship concerns, and life transitions in California.

What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?

She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.

In what language are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English.

Which session formats are available for meetings?

Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How is cost handled for therapy sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What steps are involved in getting started?

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