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Offerings

Individual Counseling ​

Couples Therapy

Family Therapy for Parents & Adult Children

Coaching

Disordered Eating & Body Image Recovery

Family Therapy for Parents & Adult Children 

How I Work with Families

Parent–child relationships don’t stop being important once children grow up. In fact, they often become more complex. As adult children seek independence, and parents adjust to new roles, old patterns can resurface, creating tension, distance, or conflict. Family therapy provides a space to address these challenges with compassion and openness.
 

My approach is warm, interactive, and collaborative. Together, we’ll look at the dynamics that shape your family relationships — often rooted in long-standing patterns and attachment histories — and create new ways of relating that foster respect, connection, and understanding. My goal is to help families move from cycles of hurt or misunderstanding toward healthier communication and stronger bonds.

Moving Forward

Family therapy offers an opportunity to understand one another in new ways, to let go of painful patterns, and to strengthen the bond you share. If you’re ready to begin the work of healing and reconnecting, I’d be honored to guide your family through this process.

Areas of Focus

I support parents and adult children working through:

  • Life transitions — navigating changing roles as children leave home, start careers, or form their own families

  • Communication challenges — breaking old patterns of conflict, silence, or misunderstanding

  • Boundaries and independence — balancing closeness with autonomy in adult relationships

  • Family of origin dynamics — exploring how intergenerational patterns affect current relationships

  • Repair and healing — addressing past hurts, disappointments, or unresolved conflicts

  • Grief and change — supporting one another through illness, loss, or other major life events

  • Complex issues — such as supporting a family member navigating depression, anxiety, substance use, or disordered eating

Location & Hours

Therapist serving San Rafael, Marin County, and the greater Bay Area. Offering online therapy for clients across California.

Monday - Friday

9am - 4pm

Email: kate@kateleffeltherapy.com

Phone: 415-579-1954

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