About Catherine
Catherine Kluge is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of experience who uses client-centered care to help people manage anxiety and stress. She meets clients where they are and focuses on practical steps to improve daily functioning. Her approach respects each person's story and aims for realistic, attainable changes.
She began her counseling career after earning a master's degree in counseling and has worked in settings ranging from a personal hospital to community mental health and substance use treatment centers.
Background and approach
That variety shaped a straightforward way of working. Catherine pays attention to what has helped a person so far and builds on those strengths. Sessions tend to be collaborative and down-to-earth.
Catherine listens first, then helps people try new strategies for coping with anxiety, depression, or life transitions. She also addresses substance use, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, relationship conflict, and workplace stress. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
Motivational interviewing supports people who want to change habits like substance use. Narrative and client-centered methods help people make sense of their story and choose goals that matter. Her work emphasizes dignity, respect, and practical tools.
The aim is better day-to-day functioning, clearer choices, and fewer moments overwhelmed by worry. Catherine adapts pace and methods to each person's needs and preferences.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a plan that reflects the person's goals. The therapist follows the client's lead, offers empathy, and helps set realistic steps for change. This approach suits people who want a supportive space to talk and decide what matters next.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It uses practical exercises and short homework tasks to reduce anxiety, panic, or low mood. CBT is useful when someone wants structured strategies to change how they think and act.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness exercises to reduce rumination and increase calm. It can help with stress, sleep problems, and moments of intense worry by training attention and breathing techniques.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. That lets the client and therapist adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, real-time support, or ongoing prompts for skills practice. These options help people fit sessions into work, parenting, or daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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