About Kaete
Kaete Elliott is a licensed marriage and family therapist who brings 24 years of clinical experience to her practice in California. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship struggles, and LGBTQ concerns.
Background and approach
Kaete aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what matters most to them. She helps clients untangle communication problems and control issues that make daily life harder.
Clients also turn to her for support with panic attacks, isolation and loneliness, and the emotional fallout of divorce or separation. Kaete offers practical ways to manage intense feelings and rebuild more stable patterns.
Her work emphasizes straightforward conversation and steady support. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on small changes that make a real difference day to day.
She encourages people to name difficult feelings like guilt, shame, or anger, and then to try simple strategies to reduce their hold. Kaete draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the process, choosing approaches that match each person’s situation.
She collaborates with clients to set clear goals and to track progress. Her style is direct but warm, helping people feel heard and understood while learning new ways to cope.
Clients meet with Kaete online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. She works in English and offers services to people based in California.
Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options
Kaete uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on present difficulties and teach practical coping skills. One common approach she uses helps people learn concrete strategies to reduce anxiety and manage panic attacks, such as breathing and grounding practices and short behavioral experiments to test worries. Another approach focuses on improving communication and handling anger - it teaches clearer ways to express needs, set limits, and respond when emotions run high.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kaete collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, current problems, and personal style. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan if something isn’t working or if new issues come up.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging can be a quick way to check in between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep momentum while making changes.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English