- 32 years experience
- Collaborative approach
- Works with mood disorders
About Katherine
Dr. Katherine Walker is a California psychologist with 32 years of experience who helps people navigate depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, grief, and other mood and life-change challenges. She emphasizes a respectful, practical approach and believes real change comes from the client's effort guided by the therapist. She draws on decades in a large health care system where she worked as both a therapist and a manager.
Dr. Walker earned her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley and completed graduate work at the California School of Professional Psychology. Before graduate school she worked briefly as a respiratory therapist, and much of her clinical experience has been in medical and behavioral health settings. That background shaped her comfort with complex or co-occurring concerns such as bipolar disorder and medical illness.
In sessions she focuses on building a collaborative relationship and helping people recognize their own strengths. She uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs, from exploring early patterns to teaching practical coping skills. She aims to help people handle relationship problems, parenting stress, career strain, and issues like shame or abandonment.
Her work covers a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, ADHD, intimacy-related issues, attachment and family of origin struggles, and compassion fatigue. She also supports individuals facing midlife transitions, aging issues, and mood disorder challenges.
Dr. Walker holds the credential CA Psychologist 15553 and practices in California. She conducts sessions in English and does not take international clients. To begin, follow the site Start Therapy steps to match and schedule with her.
Dr. Walker earned her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley and completed graduate work at the California School of Professional Psychology. Before graduate school she worked briefly as a respiratory therapist, and much of her clinical experience has been in medical and behavioral health settings. That background shaped her comfort with complex or co-occurring concerns such as bipolar disorder and medical illness.
In sessions she focuses on building a collaborative relationship and helping people recognize their own strengths. She uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs, from exploring early patterns to teaching practical coping skills. She aims to help people handle relationship problems, parenting stress, career strain, and issues like shame or abandonment.
Her work covers a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, ADHD, intimacy-related issues, attachment and family of origin struggles, and compassion fatigue. She also supports individuals facing midlife transitions, aging issues, and mood disorder challenges.
Dr. Walker holds the credential CA Psychologist 15553 and practices in California. She conducts sessions in English and does not take international clients. To begin, follow the site Start Therapy steps to match and schedule with her.
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