Katranker Thompson

Katranker Thompson welcomes people who are taking steps to improve their quality of life through therapy and recognizes that starting this kind of work can bring mixed feelings. She affirms that choosing to explore one’s thoughts and emotions is an important, constructive move toward greater well-being.

Her therapeutic approach is warm and interactive, grounded in respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Katranker enjoys building new therapeutic relationships and collaborates with clients to define specific concerns and to develop individualized treatment goals and plans. She emphasizes the client’s active input, noting that progress depends on committed effort toward the agreed goals, and she looks forward to a collaborative partnership in care.

Katranker Thompson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California, holding license number 8000. She graduated from Smith College School of Social Work in Northampton, Massachusetts, and brings thirty years of professional experience in social work and clinical practice. Over her career she has worked with individuals facing depression, anxiety, anger management concerns, adjustment difficulties, grief, caregiver stress, addictions, relationship issues, and bipolar disorder, and she has experience supporting Veterans and their significant others with stress and anxiety.

Her clinical practice includes work with depression, stress and anxiety, grief processing, caregiver stress therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Therapy is offered by telephone and video, and messages are initiated through the BetterHelp portal, which she checks twice a day.