About Cathy
Cathy Richardson Brown is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of practice. She focuses on anxiety and related concerns and aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable for people who feel overwhelmed. She began her career in child protective services and later worked in psychiatric hospital units and residential settings.
Cathy also spent time on a local crisis team and at a community health center. Those roles gave her a lot of experience with urgent stress and complex situations.
Background and approach
In sessions she uses clear, practical approaches drawn from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy, so conversations are grounded and goal-oriented. She talks through current problems, helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns, and works on small, doable changes. Cathy brings perspective from her professional history and her life as a mother and grandmother.
She emphasizes steady, patient progress rather than quick fixes. Many people come for help with stress, trauma, depression, grief, addictions, eating concerns, bipolar challenges, ADHD, anger, self-esteem, and parenting strain. Sessions can be scheduled in formats that fit daily life, and she supports people who live outside the United States as well.
Cathy aims to collaborate with each person to set goals and pace therapy so it feels manageable.
Approaches that translate to online care
Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that feed anxiety and depression. It uses practical exercises and short experiments to test new ways of handling difficult situations and feelings.Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience without judgment. It emphasizes a collaborative relationship where the therapist follows the person's pace and priorities while offering empathy and reflection.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Cathy will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust as progress is made so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, mood tracking, or when a shorter touchpoint fits into a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into life and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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