Kathryn Dole

Dr. Kathryn Dole, MA, Psy.D. Accepts insurance and private pay. Specializing in depression, anxiety, weight loss and maintenance, children, adolescents, couples, PTSD, recovery, trauma, behavioral and emotional issues, families, families in crisis addiction, and mental health. Hello, I am Dr. Kathryn Dole, I am a Licensed Marriage, Family (and Child) therapist. I am located in the greater Placer and Sacramento area of California and work with a wide variety of clients statewide via telehealth. My 30 years of experience and 28 years of education allow me to specialize in many different areas of mental health. I utilize theoretical interventions that can help solve your problems in the most effective and quickest way possible, based on your history, what is bothering you now, and the type of change you would like. Our work is not only about intervention it is also about prevention.

My approach

My approach with clients is based on compassion, caring, respect and is an interpretative process derived from each client's own needs and goals. In addition to working with clients on intervention, I also work with them on prevention with the goals in mind that empower you to have more self-mastery and success in life, as well as the confidence to overcome future problems. I utilize many different skills and because of my experience and education I can coordinate therapies and techniques toward your own particular needs; after all one size doesn't fit all. Examples of some of the therapies I use are Cognitive Behavioral, Dialectic Cognitive Behavioral, Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma such as down-regulation, Tapping, Hypnosis, Motivational, Family Systems, and Developmental to name a few. I match the therapy to address your needs, establish common goals to be achieved and establish a communication connection. This paves the way for us to work together and creates new directions for the future. I look forward to discussing this with you further.

My focus

My focus is on building a collaborative working relationship that is about problem-solving, education, and about how to do that in your everyday life. The effect that is created in therapy can produce an impact and change that is effective and lasting. I have 30 years of experience and 28 years of education and have worked in a variety of different psychological venues with every age group and psychological condition that exists. I am truly thankful for these experiences as they have been a gold mine of continuous growth and learning for me which I share with my clients. The challenges we all face are made more complicated by local and world pressures. How to heal the effect of our lives which is often expressed in depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, weight, relationship problems, disconnect spiritually, disease, and the psychological impact, as well as emotional and behavioral problems. I teach my clients techniques and skills to make more positive choices in their lives that allow them to utilize more of their potential, and make healing choices that become the motivation for their behaviors resulting in happiness, growth, peace, and knowing.

My communication style

Of course, my motivation in my communication style is always compassionate, caring, understanding, and non-judgmental. Culture, ethnicity, and clients' issues also play a part in determining the most effective communication style. The most supportive communication in therapy, that promotes healing, change, and self-confidence is assertiveness and directiveness. These styles empower and support clients' choices. Communication is one of the most important and vital elements in therapy, its interaction promotes respectful responsible interactions and empowers clients. Good communication supports personal strengths, helps develop new strengths, and enhances wisdom and well-being that creates positivity and commitment to psychological health and well-being. Good communication helps develop ways of feeling good, focusing on personal strength and virtues (which we all have). It helps to focus on caring towards ourselves and others, define personal integrity, and express our innate desire to contribute and build tolerance (which does not mean agreement). My goal is to establish a working partnership of honest truthful and stable communication.

My journey to mental healthcare

Being a therapist has come from a deep desire to know how we work specifically mentally and spiritually. Throughout my life from about age 8 until now has been this longing to know. Why do we treat ourselves the way we do? Why do we treat others in damaging ways? How can I as a healer help to change this for the better? I have had my challenges but that is not why I do what I do. I am not saying that being a therapist hasn't helped me, it has. There are so many things good and what you might say are bad that have contributed to me being a therapist. However, everything that has happened in my life has ultimately contributed to my becoming and being a therapist. I am grateful for it all good, bad, and indifferent. I look forward to hearing from you if you would like to know more.

My goals for you

Mutual goal agreement is what we want to achieve. I will also interject from time-to-time therapeutic goals which are based on my 28 years of education and 30 years of experience that I feel could be helpful. One important part of goal setting is keeping track of progress and adjusting goals accordingly. Remember these issues are just problems and problems have solutions no matter how small or significant they might be. As for how long it might take to create the change you want, I can only give you my best estimate based on my experience as every situation is different.

My first session with you

This first session is an opportunity to not only start a change it is also an opportunity to get to know each other better. Most importantly it is a safe place for you to tell me about what is going on and the effect it is having on your life. This is vital for the experience of therapy so we will spend a good amount of time discussing this. The gathering of information will also involve asking you a lot of questions. This is also the start of developing a closer, safe, harmonious relationship so that I may be able to better understand your feelings and ideas as a basis for a mutual trust connection. We will establish the goals of therapy and what you would like to achieve. From this first session, I will get a sense of what method or methods will work best for you, after all, one size does not fit all; everyone is different and so are the problems. However, change takes time and varies depending on several factors, which I will discuss with you in our first session, but I can give you an estimate based on my experience.