About Catherine
Catherine Calletto is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She frames sessions around real-life struggles and practical steps. Catherine aims to make therapy approachable for those feeling overwhelmed or stuck.
She brings eight years of counseling experience to her work and has spent over a decade in the mental health field overall. Her background includes supporting people after trauma and during major life changes.
Background and approach
She also helps with relationship issues and mood concerns. Catherine is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and centers care that respects gender and sexual identity. She offers guidance around gender identity and related concerns.
She also supports people navigating non-monogamous relationships, kink and alternative sex culture, and issues around sexuality. In sessions she focuses on open conversation and clear steps you can try between meetings. Discussions often cover communication skills, setting boundaries, and coping tools for day-to-day anxiety.
Catherine aims to reduce shame and build self-acceptance as part of emotional work. She uses straightforward language and a calm style so conversations are easy to follow. Parents or others reading on a phone will find short, practical explanations and next steps.
If someone is ready to start, she asks them to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a time to meet.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Many clients benefit from therapies that focus on present coping and processing past hurts. One common approach emphasizes practical coping skills and behavioral strategies to reduce anxiety and manage mood. It teaches simple techniques you can practice between sessions to ease immediate symptoms and improve daily functioning.Another helpful direction focuses on processing traumatic memories and their impact on current life. This work looks at how past experiences shape reactions today and helps people build different ways of responding. It is often used when anxiety and post-traumatic stress are linked to earlier events.
Finding the right approach often takes a few conversations. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify goals and try methods that fit a person's needs and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility with several session formats. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing or need ongoing support between meetings. These choices make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life while keeping treatment consistent and focused.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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