Kate Pruefer, M.F.T.

Kate Pruefer, M.F.T.
Profession(s): Marriage & Family Therapy, Psychotherapy, Coaching
License Status:  I'm a licensed professional.
License Type:  Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
License Number:  CA MF#32648

My Approach to Helping

When the problems of life feel too stressful, complicated or overwhelming, a period of supportive counseling can help you to express feelings and sort through issues, gain skills, find practical solutions and rediscover your own innate wisdom and abilitiy to enjoy life.

My key goals are to support: happy families, healthy communication, healing couple relationships, positive parenting after divorce and individual self esteem. As a trained and licensed clinician with 18 years of experience, I am honored and happy to assist you and your loved ones on your path toward greater life satisfaction and peace of mind.

My style is to be interactive and involved during a therapy session while holding a safe and neutral environment for various feelings and different points of view to be respected and explored.

More Info About My Practice

My office is on a beautiful canyon with a garden setting, is wheelchair accessible as well as being appealing to children. Please let me know your particular situation and needs financially, so that I can help make it possible for your and your family to get the support you need.
 

Services I Provide

  • Individual Therapy & Counseling
  • Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
  • Family Therapy
  • Coaching
  • Distance or Phone Therapy
 

Ages I Work With

  • Children
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders
 

Languages I Speak

  • English
 

Groups I Work With

  • I specialize in working with abuse survivors, addictions of all kinds, relationship issues and marriage counseling, adolescents, those going through separation and divorce, women developing self-esteem and professional identity and children....as well as multigenerational family therapy.
 

Therapy Approaches I Use

  • Body-Mind Psychotherapy
  • Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
  • Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
  • Dreamwork & Dream Analysis
  • Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
  • Existential Psychotherapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Gottman Method
  • Guided Therapeutic Imagery
  • Humanistic Psychology
  • Mindfulness Based Approaches
  • Parent Work
  • Play Therapy
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Systems Theory /Therapy
  • Voice Dialogue
  • Wilderness Therapy
  • Integration of different therapy models
 
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Locations & Maps
Office 1: 
1301 Saxony Rd. North County San Diego
Encinitas, CA 92024 United States
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Concerns & Issues I Help With

  • Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
  • Abandonment and/or Fear of
  • Abortion / Post Abortion Issues
  • Addictions (Drug & Alcohol)
  • Addictions (Other)
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Adoption / Reunion Issues
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Bereavement
  • Blended Family Issues
  • Career Choice
  • Caregiver Issues/Stress
  • Child and/or Adolescent Issues
  • Codependency / Dependency
  • Communication Problems
  • Compulsions
  • Control Issues
  • Depression
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Domestic Violence
  • Eating & Food Issues
  • Emotional Abuse
  • End-of-life Adjustment
  • Family Problems
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Fertility Issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Geriatric Issues
  • Grief & Loss
  • Identity Issues
  • Impulsivity
  • Infidelity / Affair Recovery
  • Irritability
  • Isolation (Emotional & Social)
  • Life Purpose/Meaning/Inner-Guidance
  • Midlife Transition
  • Mood Disturbance
  • Obsessions
  • Oppositional & Defiant Behavior
  • Panic
  • Parenting
  • Post Partum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress
  • Relationships & Marriage
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sex / Sexuality Issues
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Social Phobia/Anxiety
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Suicidal (Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors)
  • Trauma
  • Trust Issues
  • Values Clarification
  • Women's Issues
  • Worry