About Catherine
Catherine Ladd is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, grief, and life stress. She has ten years of clinical experience and practices in ways that aim to be calm and approachable. Catherine keeps sessions direct and practical, so people leave with clear steps they can use between meetings.
In session she listens first and then helps clients set small, realistic goals.
Background and approach
She uses tools that break big problems into manageable tasks. Catherine often works on lowering daily stress, improving self-esteem, and addressing relationship concerns with straightforward strategies. Her background includes hospice care and independent practice work.
That experience informs how she supports people facing loss, serious illness, and end-of-life decisions. It also shapes her approach to grief that happens before loss, known as anticipatory grief. Catherine draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors.
She also uses Motivational Interviewing to strengthen motivation for change and Solution-Focused Therapy to build on strengths and progress already made. She adapts these methods to each person's goals. People who work with Catherine can expect an open, nonjudgmental space and a focus on practical strategies.
Sessions aim to help clients cope better day to day and to move toward goals at a pace that feels right for them.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps by identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence. It is often used for anxiety and stress to break patterns that keep problems going.Motivational Interviewing is a conversational way to strengthen someones own reasons for change. It can help when someone feels stuck or unsure about making life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort. Together they check what helps and adjust the plan as needed.
Online therapy offers flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions work well for in-depth conversations, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can fit quick check-ins or short coaching steps. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Family problems
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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