Kate Vasquez, LMFT
Compassionate, narrative-informed relationship work
Details
| Name | Kate Vasquez |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | California |
| Licensed in | California |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 3 |
About Kate
Kate Vasquez is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She draws on narrative ideas to help people make sense of their life stories and the problems they face. Kate keeps sessions straightforward and respectful, so parents and adults can talk about hard things without jargon.
She often works with depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and relationship concerns. She also supports people coping with parenting stress, career changes, grief, addictive behaviors, and mood challenges like bipolar symptoms.
Background and approach
Her caseload includes issues such as self-esteem, body image, sleeping and eating struggles, and compassion fatigue. Kate uses a blend of familiar approaches including acceptance and commitment techniques, attachment-focused work, client-centered listening, and cognitive strategies. In practice that means helping people notice painful patterns, tell the stories they carry, and test small changes between sessions.
Conversations aim to be collaborative and goal-focused rather than full of clinical terms. She pays attention to how early attachments and family of origin concerns shape current relationships. She is also prepared to address more specific topics like abandonment, codependency, communication problems, dissociation, or kink and alternative sexual culture when those come up.
Sessions emphasize dignity and respect throughout. With three years of clinical experience, Kate aims to support people ready to take practical steps. She helps clients identify workable goals and builds simple tools to use in day-to-day life.
Her style centers on honesty, curiosity, and steady encouragement.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names LGBT, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Kate works with, alongside the areas below.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Kate among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Kate among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Kate among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Kate among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Kate among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Kate among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Kate among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Kate among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Kate among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Kate directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Kate directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Narrative and Action-Focused Care Online
Kate blends Narrative Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches to shape online work. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe the stories they tell about themselves so troublesome patterns feel clearer and more manageable. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings while taking values-based action, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they influence current connections, useful for intimacy and relationship struggles.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kate collaborates with each client to identify goals and to test which methods fit best. That means she will listen to your concerns, try approaches that match your needs, and adjust based on what helps you make real changes between sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and reading nonverbal cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can be helpful for quick check-ins or when you prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to maintain continuity during life changes.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does this therapist address?
She supports people facing depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting stress, addictions, grief, self-esteem and mood challenges such as bipolar symptoms.
How would you describe the therapy style?
The approach is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions combine narrative work with acceptance, attachment, client-centered, and cognitive strategies to help people tell their stories and try practical changes.
What is the therapist's clinical background?
She has three years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns including trauma, relationship problems, and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California.
Which languages are supported and can international clients work together?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on needs and scheduling.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions operate on a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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