Kathleen Laub, LMFT

Kathleen Laub is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 29 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, address addictions, improve relationships, and work through depression, tailoring conversations and care plans to each person’s unique situation. Kathleen brings a compassionate, respectful, and sensitive approach to her work, aiming to create a supportive space where clients can explore challenges and build practical skills for daily life.

Her practice attends to a range of concerns including communication problems, divorce and separation, feelings of guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, panic disorder and panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, struggles with self-love, and social anxiety or phobia. Kathleen adapts evidence-based therapeutic techniques to meet individual goals, combining structured strategies with empathetic listening. She recognizes that taking the first step toward a more fulfilling and happier life requires courage, and she offers consistent guidance and encouragement throughout the process.

Kathleen is licensed in California as CA LMFT 36614 and conducts therapy in English. Her long experience supports a thoughtful, pragmatic approach that prioritizes the client’s needs and preferences while working toward meaningful change.

Evidence-Based Therapeutic Techniques Delivered Online

Kathleen’s practice emphasizes evidence-based techniques delivered in a collaborative, practical way. Cognitive and behavioral strategies help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop alternative ways of coping - these approaches are often useful for anxiety, depression, panic symptoms, and challenges with addictive behaviors. Skills-focused coping work concentrates on building concrete tools for stress management, relapse prevention, and emotional regulation, which can support daily functioning and reduce overwhelming reactions.

Alongside skills training, relational and communication-focused interventions attend to patterns in relationships and interactional difficulties. These approaches help clients improve communication, navigate separation or divorce, and repair relationship strain by fostering clearer expression of needs and stronger boundary setting. Kathleen works together with each person to determine which evidence-based techniques fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, adapting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexible access to this work through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity when life is unpredictable, and choose the format that feels most comfortable for discussing stress, anxiety, addictions, and relationship concerns with a licensed professional.