About Caitlin
Caitlin Merritt is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress and anxiety and navigate life changes. She offers practical, down-to-earth support for mood concerns, trauma, relationship strain, parenting questions, and career stress. Caitlin writes plainly and keeps sessions focused on what matters now.
Caitlin uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at longstanding patterns that show up in relationships and choices. Her sessions are interactive and solution-focused. Clients can expect concrete suggestions, homework when useful, and space to talk through emotions and events.
Caitlin adapts the pace to each person and checks in often about goals. She has five years of experience working in both inpatient and outpatient settings in Tennessee. Caitlin holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and practices as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor.
Common concerns she addresses include depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, mood disorders, and challenges related to adoption and foster care. Caitlin also works with people facing issues around body image, communication problems, and young adult transitions. Therapy with her is collaborative.
She helps people build practical skills, process difficult feelings, and make steady progress toward clearer goals. Sessions are offered in English and use a conversational, goal-oriented style.
How Caitlin’s Approaches Translate to Online Sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person rather than a fixed set of techniques. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients set the agenda for sessions. This approach is useful for building trust and clarifying goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online sessions can include identifying unhelpful thought patterns, practicing new coping skills, and assigning short exercises to try between meetings. CBT often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. Caitlin will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. She adjusts plans as goals change and checks in regularly to make sure sessions feel productive.
Online formats give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick updates, brief reflections, or people who prefer typing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep steady progress over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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