Dr. Katherine Walker, CA Psychologist 15553

CA Psychologist 15553 with 32 years of experience, Dr. Katherine Walker focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and mood disorders. She also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, grief, career pressures, and concerns tied to ADHD and compassion fatigue. Sessions are conducted in English and she practices from California.

Dr. Walker spent over three decades in a large health care organization as both a therapist and manager. That work included supporting people with serious mental illness such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and those coping with divorce, job stress, and loss. Her background also includes an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and graduate study at the California School of Professional Psychology.

Her approach combines attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening and practical cognitive work. She uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside psychodynamic thinking. In practice this means she listens for patterns from a person’s past, helps name unhelpful thoughts, and teaches skills for managing intense emotions.

She presents therapy as a collaborative effort. Progress is framed as the result of the client’s work, guided by the therapist’s interventions. Sessions typically involve talking through current problems, identifying recurring relationship patterns, and practicing concrete coping strategies.

Dr. Walker also pays attention to issues that can complicate recovery, such as codependency, communication problems, and co-morbid medical conditions like cancer. For people facing midlife transitions or aging concerns she combines practical problem solving with attention to attachment history.

How her approaches translate to remote sessions