About Catherine
Catherine Kunin is a licensed clinical social worker with forty years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She practices from New York and focuses on everyday problems like relationships, parenting concerns, and low self-esteem. Catherine aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people who are worried and short on time.
She draws on many evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. That can mean short-term plans for a single problem or longer work on patterns that keep repeating.
Background and approach
Sessions often include concrete tools for coping with panic, social anxiety, and the strain of workplace pressure. Catherine has a long background in clinical and community settings. She has provided crisis intervention, client relationship management, outreach, and advocacy.
That mix of clinical work and community experience helps her work with people facing chronic illness, aging issues, or isolation. In the room she focuses on clear steps people can try between sessions. Conversations tend to be practical and goal-focused, with attention to what is realistic in daily life.
She helps parents handle the stress of raising children and supports young adults managing big life choices. Her approach values steady listening and problem-solving. Catherine works to help people find more control when life feels overwhelming and to build routines that reduce anxiety over time.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Two common evidence-based approaches she uses are practical skills training and problem-focused therapy. Practical skills training teaches concrete tools for calming panic, managing anxiety, and handling daily stressors. Problem-focused therapy breaks larger issues into manageable steps and helps people try new ways of responding between sessions.She also uses short-term, goal-oriented strategies that suit people facing life transitions or workplace strain. These strategies help set clear, attainable goals and track progress over time so sessions stay focused and useful.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works together with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and current needs. That may mean trying one approach for a few sessions and then adjusting if something else would fit better.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, skill practice, or when someone needs brief support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other daily demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English