Cathryn Charette, LMFT
Compassionate therapist helping people rewrite their stories
Details
| Name | Cathryn Charette |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | California |
| Licensed in | California |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 5 |
About Cathryn
Cathryn Charette is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California. She brings five years of clinical experience and a humanistic outlook to help people untangle what feels overwhelming. Her work focuses on building self-awareness, self-compassion, and clearer decision making so daily life feels more manageable.
Cathryn emphasizes strengths and personal values when clients face stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, or challenges with relationships and intimacy. She helps people notice patterns tied to attachment and family history and find new ways to relate that feel safer and more honest.
Background and approach
She also supports those wrestling with ADHD, addiction, body image, and caregiver stress. Her style is warm, patient, and nonjudgmental. Sessions aim to help people name the problem, try small changes, and see what works.
Cathryn draws on narrative ideas to reframe stories people tell about themselves and on practical tools from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based approaches. Clients can expect a focus on real-life application. Conversations cover how daily choices line up with values and how to handle setbacks without losing momentum.
Cathryn also pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns and how to build more supported ways of relating. This approach is meant to help people grow more confident, steady, and connected to what matters. Cathryn encourages curiosity and self-compassion while helping clients practice new ways of coping and communicating.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Cathryn works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Cathryn among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Cathryn among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Cathryn among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Cathryn among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Cathryn among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Cathryn among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Cathryn among the ways she works.
- Imago Relationship Therapy: Listed by Cathryn among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Cathryn among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Cathryn among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Cathryn among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Cathryn among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Cathryn directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Cathryn directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and evidence-based approaches work online
Therapy with Cathryn often uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe the stories they tell about themselves. This approach looks at how past events and labels shape current behavior and helps people separate themselves from limiting narratives. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, is also part of her practice and focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match personal values.Attachment-Based ideas are used to understand how early relationships affect how people connect now. That perspective is useful when someone wants to change patterns in close relationships or feel more supported in how they relate to others. Together these approaches help address stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, and reactions to trauma by combining reflection with concrete steps.
Finding the right mix is collaborative. Cathryn will work with each person to choose which approaches might help most based on their goals, history, and day-to-day needs. She checks in and adjusts methods as progress and challenges arise.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video is useful for deeper conversational work, phone can require less bandwidth, live chat can work for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, school, and caregiving responsibilities.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Cathryn works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, eating and body image issues, parenting and caregiver stress, ADHD, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, patient, and nonjudgmental. She blends narrative perspective with client-centered listening and practical strategies so people can try small changes between sessions.
What is her clinical background?
She has five years of experience practicing as a therapist and describes her approach as humanistic, emphasizing self-awareness, earned security, and personal growth alongside evidence-informed techniques.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds a California LMFT credential and is based in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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