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Catherine Desponett, LMFT

Compassionate therapist focused on practical coping

10 years in practice · based in Colorado · sessions in English · online sessions

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About Catherine

Catherine Desponett is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Colorado. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the emotional fallout from trauma and difficult life changes. Her style is warm and practical, aiming to make therapy feel usable on hard days.

Catherine draws on several evidence-informed methods to tailor care to each person. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and shift unhelpful thinking patterns.

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Background and approach

She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and build flexible coping skills. Attachment-based work is part of how she addresses relationship patterns and communication struggles. Dialectical behavior strategies are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance become central goals.

Sessions emphasize small, concrete steps clients can try between meetings. Over a decade of clinical experience informs her work, especially with issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, body-image concerns, chronic illness, caregiving strain, and blended-family stress. She also helps people dealing with cancer, aging concerns, and complicated grief from adoption or foster care histories.

Therapy is approached as a partnership. Catherine listens, helps people name what matters, and co-creates strategies that fit daily life. She speaks English and offers sessions in formats that suit different schedules and needs.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters and build small habits that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions when someone wants more direction and purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping skills training.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. That means trying techniques, seeing what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than committing to one way from the start.

Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and practicing interaction skills. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or messaging is helpful for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and practice new skills where people live and work.
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Questions people ask

What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship struggle, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body-image concerns, and blended-family challenges.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach blends practical and relational methods like cognitive behavioral tools, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused work, and emotion-regulation skills. Sessions tend to be collaborative and focused on concrete steps people can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns from trauma recovery to relationship and caregiving stress. That background informs how she adapts methods to each person's needs.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Colorado. Sessions and services are provided from that location.
Can sessions be done in languages besides English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that, schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Colorado
Languages
English

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