Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Depression
How Katja works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English, German
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Katja
Katja Rapp is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 14 years of experience in California. She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, eating and mood concerns, and anger. Katja works in English and German and accepts international clients.
Her style is direct and collaborative. She treats clients as partners and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Sessions tend to center on clear goals, small experiments, and building everyday skills that reduce distress.
Background and approach
Katja draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address problems like panic, low mood, compulsive eating, and trouble managing strong emotions. She helps people untangle patterns that keep them stuck and practices ways to shift those patterns in daily life. Expect focused work on coping skills, emotion regulation, and communication habits.
Clients often bring complicated life events such as trauma, grief, relationship struggles, or career stress. Katja pays attention to the real-world effects of these difficulties and helps people design manageable changes. She also supports those facing identity and intimacy challenges, including issues that arise around kink and alternative sex culture.
Practicalities are part of her approach. Sessions can happen by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging so people can pick what fits their schedule. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for the client.
What Katja works with
Everything Katja lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Katja's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Katja uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common method she uses helps people learn emotion regulation skills to manage anger, anxiety, and mood swings. This approach teaches concrete ways to notice triggers, slow down reactions, and practice calmer responses in the moment.Another approach emphasizes behavioral experiments and habit change to address things like eating problems, sleep disruption, and patterns that maintain depression. Clients try small, measurable steps between sessions and then review what worked and what did not. These techniques help break patterns by changing what people do day to day.
Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. She will work with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels manageable. Together they pick or adapt approaches so therapy fits the client’s life and priorities.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break during a busy day. Live chat and text messaging work for brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, travel, or varied schedules while keeping focus on progress and practical tools.
Questions people ask about Katja
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and depression, addictions, anger, and many related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, focusing on clear goals, skill building, and small steps clients can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 14 years of clinical experience working with people facing mood, trauma, and relationship challenges.
What credentials and region apply to this therapist?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and German, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Pricing varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.