About Catherine
Catherine Colardo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and major life changes. She introduces herself warmly and aims to be a steady presence as clients work through hard moments. Her style is down-to-earth and approachable, which can help people feel understood from the first session.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from Appalachian State University and a master’s degree in social work from the University of South Carolina.
Background and approach
Catherine has worked in a range of clinical settings since 2007 and has supported people facing depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, and relationship struggles. Her background also includes work related to parenting, foster care and adoption concerns, caregiver stress, and issues tied to aging and blended families. Catherine describes her approach as empathetic and person-centered.
She uses practical ideas from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as well as mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques. Sessions focus on identifying problems, setting clear goals, and practicing skills to reduce anxiety and improve everyday functioning. In sessions she aims to build a collaborative relationship and to help people locate their own solutions.
She emphasizes listening first, then offering strategies that fit each person’s life and goals. That blend of support and skill-building is offered across phone, video, live chat, or text messaging formats. People who want steady, practical support for anxiety, stress, parenting challenges, or major life transitions may find her approach helpful.
Catherine works with English-speaking clients in North Carolina and brings a calm, straightforward style to therapy.
Approaches that meet you where you are
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that match those values. It is useful for managing anxiety, stress, and major life transitions by shifting focus from avoiding feelings to building a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety and depression and for managing symptoms day to day.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Catherine will work with each person to decide which tools and methods fit their goals and preferences. She blends elements from these approaches with a person-centered stance so clients can try techniques and adjust what they use over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people have a more personal conversation while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging can support shorter check-ins, daily skill practice, or when a written format feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life, and busy schedules while still working on anxiety, stress, and coping skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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