Kathleen Grisez

Kathleen Grisez is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of professional experience. She works with people who struggle with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, and intimacy-related concerns. Kathleen also supports those facing LGBT-related issues and a range of relationship and personal challenges.

Her approach treats each person as the expert on their own life. She looks for strengths clients already have and helps them use those strengths to manage hard moments. The first step can feel hard, and she acknowledges the courage it takes to reach out for help.

In sessions, Kathleen usually focuses on practical ways to make life feel more manageable. She talks with clients about patterns that cause pain, and together they try small changes that can lead to clearer thinking and steadier emotions. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes when those issues come up.

People also bring concerns about body image, codependency, fertility stress, divorce and separation, or feelings of emptiness and isolation. Kathleen brings three decades of experience to these topics and aims to keep conversations direct and grounded. She helps people sort through what matters most and plan realistic next steps.

Her work is based in California and she meets with clients in English. To begin, prospective clients follow the site Start Therapy steps to match and schedule a session.

How evidence-based approaches guide online work

Many clinicians use evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. For example, approaches that focus on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior teach practical skills for managing anxious thoughts and mood swings. These techniques tend to break problems into small steps and give concrete tools to practice between sessions.

Another helpful method attends to attachment and relational patterns. This approach looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings about closeness, abandonment, and trust, and it helps people try different ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan over time. The focus is on finding what helps most in day-to-day life, not on following a single model.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins on hectic days, and reduce travel time. It also lets people keep therapy when relocating within the same region, as long as licensing permits. Ask about session length and how scheduling is handled when you complete the matching questionnaire.