- Focus on daily skills
- CBT and ACT approaches
- Chronic pain experience
About Kathleen
Dr. Kathleen Ayers is a clinical psychologist licensed in California. She has more than three decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic pain, and sleep problems. Her approach is caring and direct, with an emphasis on practical steps people can use between sessions.
She commonly blends cognitive behavioral therapy with acceptance and commitment therapy to address both thoughts and values-driven action. Sessions often include targeted homework and exercises to build new skills. She also has training related to insomnia and explores how lifestyle factors like nutrition can affect well-being, while noting she is not a dietitian.
Many clients come with long-standing physical symptoms or medical conditions that affect day-to-day life. Dr. Ayers listens for the ways pain and illness change routines, mood, and relationships and helps people find manageable strategies to cope. She aims to create a calm, accepting setting where people can talk about their concerns without feeling dismissed.
Her practice also covers a broad range of concerns including grief, anger, self-esteem issues, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She has worked with people affected by disasters, hoarding, panic and phobias, and seasonal mood changes. Her experience includes individual and group work across diverse problems.
Dr. Ayers holds the credential CA Psychologist 18954 and practices in California. Her style is collaborative and practical, focusing on steps that fit into everyday life and help people move toward clearer goals.
She commonly blends cognitive behavioral therapy with acceptance and commitment therapy to address both thoughts and values-driven action. Sessions often include targeted homework and exercises to build new skills. She also has training related to insomnia and explores how lifestyle factors like nutrition can affect well-being, while noting she is not a dietitian.
Many clients come with long-standing physical symptoms or medical conditions that affect day-to-day life. Dr. Ayers listens for the ways pain and illness change routines, mood, and relationships and helps people find manageable strategies to cope. She aims to create a calm, accepting setting where people can talk about their concerns without feeling dismissed.
Her practice also covers a broad range of concerns including grief, anger, self-esteem issues, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She has worked with people affected by disasters, hoarding, panic and phobias, and seasonal mood changes. Her experience includes individual and group work across diverse problems.
Dr. Ayers holds the credential CA Psychologist 18954 and practices in California. Her style is collaborative and practical, focusing on steps that fit into everyday life and help people move toward clearer goals.
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