About Catherine
Catherine Seger is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She emphasizes a respectful, person-centered way of working and encourages clients to build on their existing strengths. Catherine speaks plainly and aims to make early steps feel manageable for someone reaching out for help.
She uses approaches that help people change unhelpful thoughts and notice what matters most to them. In sessions she listens first, then offers practical strategies to reduce worry, manage mood, and handle cravings.
Background and approach
Her work covers depression, addictions, and self-esteem concerns as well as grief and trauma-related issues. Catherine also helps people facing life transitions, career shifts, and challenges like chronic pain or caregiver stress. She supports those dealing with anger, eating concerns, and feelings of guilt and shame.
Social anxiety and phobias are included among her focus areas as well. Clients can expect a straightforward style that blends acceptance-based techniques with cognitive tools. She aims to help people take small, doable steps toward goals.
Conversations are paced to each person’s needs, with room to rehearse new responses and track progress. Based in Illinois, Catherine works in English and brings nearly two decades of clinical experience to her sessions. She encourages people to recognize the courage it takes to begin and to use their own strengths as a foundation for change.
How Catherine’s Approaches Translate to Online Sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice inner experiences without getting stuck in them and focus on actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers concrete tools for reducing worry and low mood. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and social phobia. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and support, helping people feel understood as they work toward change.Finding the best fit is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, try out methods that match those goals, and adjust the approach over time. This collaborative way helps shape sessions around what actually helps the person move forward.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone appointments, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction and work well for skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth or no camera is preferred. Live chat and messaging offer short check-ins and flexible communication between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to stick with regular work toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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