Katherine "Katie" Sandven Moss , LMFT

Katherine "Katie" Sandven Moss is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 12 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who struggle with addictions, relationship stress, family conflict, parenting challenges, and self-esteem concerns. Katie aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable for people who are nervous or unsure. Katie creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about difficult feelings and make small, practical changes. She listens for what matters most to each person and helps them build clearer ways to handle triggers, setbacks, and tense conversations. Her work often includes addressing attachment and abandonment concerns, and she supports people dealing with guilt, shame, and isolation. Many clients come for help with communication problems, control issues, or decisions around divorce and separation. Katie also supports people coping with mood symptoms, panic attacks, and impulsivity. Practical topics such as money stress, caregiver strain, and body image are part of her day-to-day work. Sessions include straightforward tools and step-by-step planning so clients can try things between meetings. Katie helps people set realistic goals and track small wins over time. She also guides parents who want clearer boundaries and less daily conflict. Katie offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Prospective clients in California follow the site process to get matched and schedule sessions.

Evidence-based techniques and online support

Many of Katie's sessions use evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach helps people notice unhelpful patterns in relationships and learning new ways to communicate and set boundaries; this supports issues like communication problems, control struggles, and separation decisions. Another approach emphasizes building coping skills for mood changes, panic attacks, and impulsivity, teaching step-by-step strategies to reduce symptoms and handle triggers. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katie collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts plans so clients can try tools in their daily life and report back on what helps. Online formats make that ongoing work more practical. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper interaction is helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, and steady support between sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules, quieter surroundings, and shorter check-ins while keeping therapy consistent.