Katherine Eldean, LMFT
Compassionate Narrative and ACT therapy
Details
| Name | Katherine Eldean |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | California |
| Licensed in | California |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 20 |
About Katherine
Katherine Eldean is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of experience helping people work through stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and relationship struggles. She approaches therapy with respect for each person's story and strengths. Her style aims to create a calm, straightforward space where clients can talk through what matters to them.
She often uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe hard events and separate problems from identity.
Background and approach
That approach pairs with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them. Katherine also draws on Attachment-Based and Client-Centered methods to build a trusting working relationship. Many clients come for help with depression, bipolar disorder, grief, and intimacy-related issues.
She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, caregiving burdens, chronic pain or illness, and compassion fatigue. Concerns such as body image, codependency, communication problems, and addiction work are part of her practice as well. Katherine helps people break big problems into small steps and try practical tools between sessions.
She believes change happens through small, consistent actions and clearer meaning in life stories. Her approach is collaborative - she and the client decide what to try next. She practices in California and meets with clients in English.
Katherine accepts international clients and offers a variety of session formats to fit busy schedules.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship issues among the things Katherine works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Katherine 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 Katherine directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and ACT Work Online
Many people respond well to Narrative Therapy, which helps separate problems from identity and reframe difficult life events into clearer stories. This approach can be useful for grief, trauma, identity questions, and repeated relationship patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches simple exercises to notice painful thoughts and focus on values-guided actions instead of getting stuck in difficult feelings. That approach often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.Katherine will work together with each client to find the best approach. She treats finding the right method as a collaborative process and will try practical techniques, then adjust based on how they land. The goal is to match tools to what the client wants to change and what feels doable.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video lets you maintain face-to-face connection, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between meetings.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does Katherine help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, grief, intimacy issues, and relationship concerns among others.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is narrative-focused and client-centered, with an emphasis on hearing your story and finding small, workable changes to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional experience working in mental health settings and independent practice in California.
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
She is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and practices in California.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
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