About Catherine
Catherine Rossi is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience. She practices as an LICSW and LCSW and helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationship concerns. She offers straightforward support and practical steps for people who are ready to make changes.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak plainly about what’s hard. Sessions focus on clear goals and useful skills rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Catherine emphasizes listening first, then working together to try new ways of coping. Her approach blends client-centered care with skills-based methods. That means she follows the client’s pace while introducing tools from cognitive behavioral work and mindfulness when they fit.
Motivational interviewing and dialectical ideas are used when a client needs help shifting patterns or managing strong emotions. Catherine has worked across a wide range of concerns, including mood disorders, addiction, chronic pain and illness, and stress tied to work or caregiving. She also supports people navigating identity, intimacy, and family-of-origin issues.
Her style is practical and direct; she helps people break problems into manageable steps. Sessions aim to build clear coping strategies, improve communication, and reduce overwhelming symptoms. The emphasis is on collaboration - the client and Catherine decide what to try and how to measure progress.
She guides people toward changes they can sustain outside of sessions.
Blending practical skills with online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person’s perspective and priorities. It emphasizes listening and following the client’s lead while setting concrete goals to improve daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches tools to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers skills for handling intense emotions and improving coping strategies and communication in stressful moments.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Catherine works with each person to test what fits their needs and values. Together they decide whether to emphasize skills training, mindful awareness, motivational techniques, or a mix of methods. The plan can shift as progress is seen or goals change.
Online therapy here is offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video allows face-to-face conversations for deeper work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, practice between sessions, or when writing out thoughts helps. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments and apply new skills in day-to-day life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Alabama, Vermont, New Mexico
- Languages
- English