About Katherine
Katherine Santana is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California. She has four years of professional experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting pressures, and life changes. She aims to build a welcoming space where clients can say what they really feel without judgment.
In sessions she focuses on practical steps people can try between meetings. Conversations often include strategies to reduce overwhelm, ways to handle impulsive reactions, and tools for managing money-related stress.
Background and approach
She also supports people exploring self-worth and practicing more self-compassion. Katherine pays attention to how everyday routines and responsibilities shape emotions. She helps clients spot small patterns that make stress worse and then tests more helpful habits.
For parents she offers ideas to balance caregiving demands with personal needs and to handle common parenting stressors. People who mention ADHD can work with her on organization, focus, and managing impulsivity as part of broader life goals. She treats ADHD-related struggles alongside anxiety, grief, and other concerns rather than as a standalone diagnosis service.
Her style is direct and warm. Katherine helps people set simple, measurable goals and checks progress each session. Starting therapy begins with a short questionnaire and scheduling step, so the first practical supports can begin quickly.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Evidence-based techniques are used to help clients build skills and manage day-to-day problems. One common approach focuses on practical skill building to manage anxiety and stress with clear steps you can practice between sessions. This often includes breathing or grounding exercises, short behavioral experiments, and simple planning tools for busy days.A second approach centers on problem-focused work for life transitions and grief. It helps people name what changed, sort priorities, and develop routines that reduce overwhelm. Work in this area tends to be concrete and paced to match what a person can handle right now.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Katherine will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort. She checks in regularly and adjusts strategies as progress is made or circumstances shift.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a quick check-in fits a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates or brief reflections between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around parenting, work, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
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- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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