Kelly Kratzer
Support for stress and parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kelly
Kelly Kratzer is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 13 years of experience in California. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, address parenting questions, build self-esteem, and cope with life changes. She also supports clients working through ADHD, grief, depression, and finding motivation or direction.
In sessions she emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can share thoughts and feelings. Conversations are practical and focused on what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
She offers coaching-style support alongside therapeutic work to help people move toward clearer goals. Kelly draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to shape sessions that fit each person. She pays attention to communication patterns, everyday routines, and small changes that can make life feel more manageable.
When relevant, she also considers issues like seasonal mood shifts, social anxiety, and neurodiversity traits. Her approach is collaborative: she helps clients set realistic steps and checks in on progress. Sessions aim to build skills people can use outside of therapy, not just talk about problems.
The goal is more confidence, clearer choices, and better coping with what life brings. Kelly practices in California and conducts work in English. People who want to begin are guided through a short matching process and scheduling to find a good fit.
Approaches that fit your schedule and goals
Kelly uses evidence-based approaches that focus on practical change and clearer thinking. One common method is skills-based work that teaches tools for managing anxiety and stress, such as breathing, routine changes, and simple behavioral adjustments meant to reduce overwhelm. This helps when symptoms get in the way of daily life.She also uses problem-focused coaching techniques to help clients set and meet small goals. That approach breaks larger challenges into manageable steps and supports motivation and follow-through, which can be useful for ADHD, low energy, or when someone feels stuck.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to needs, discuss options, and try methods that fit the client’s goals and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep continuity between meetings. Clients can choose the format that feels most comfortable and practical for their life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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