Kathy Sanguinetti

LMFT, 22 years of experience

Warm
Authentic
Open-minded
Virtual
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Hi, I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. My approach to therapy is client-centered, and I use various modalities to help people become more connected to their true selves. My goal is to offer a supportive environment where people can fully express themselves, gain insight, and take steps toward personal growth and healing. In therapy, I work with people to explore, make sense of, and identify how their upbringing may be contributing to current problems in living. This awareness is often a catalyst for positive change. I also use mindfulness-based CBT to help people become aware of and challenge thoughts that aren’t true and are contributing to depression, anxiety and low self-esteem.

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

In the first session, we will get to know eachother and see if it feels like a good fit. I will ask you some questions to understand what is bringing you into therapy and gather relevant history. We will also discuss therapy goals.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

I am a very good listener, curious, understanding and compassionate. Feeling seen, heard and understood is powerful and can be healing in itself. My goal is to create a safe space for people to be themselves.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

I have been successful in helping adults resolve depression, grieve losses, reduce and manage symptoms of anxiety, and take better care of themselves.

About Kathy Sanguinetti

Appointments

Virtual

My treatment methods

Psychodynamic

I was trained as a Psychodynamic therapist and it underlies my work with people. An understanding of how your upbringing impacts you as an adult is helpful in discovering how challenges came to be so you can decide what's useful and what's not.

Person-centered (Rogerian)

I meet people where they are in therapy. I am an active listener and offer empathy and unconditional positve regard to the people I work with.

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

I use CBT to assist people who are experiencing depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. It is often helpful to look at one's automatic thoughts and come up with a more balanced way of looking at things. Behavioral activation can reduce and improve symptoms.

Grief Therapy

Losing someone is very difficult and it is a honor to sit with someone who is grieving a loss. Additionally, there are grief stages that people go through that may be helpful to understand.