Cathryn Charette, LMFT
California · 5 years in practice
Cathryn Charette is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 126402 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1417531336 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Cathryn
Cathryn Charette is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She brings five years of clinical experience and a humanistic outlook that centers a person’s strengths. Her work focuses on helping people build self-understanding, stronger emotion regulation, and clearer life choices.
She emphasizes awareness and mindfulness so people can respond rather than react to stress. Sessions aim to help clients notice patterns, set healthier boundaries, and feel more confident in their decisions.
Background and approach
Cathryn describes this as helping people move toward a steadier sense of self and greater emotional balance. Her approach draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to look at how relationships and early experiences shape emotional responses. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools to teach practical skills for coping and change.
Work often includes identifying unhelpful thinking and practicing new ways to relate to feelings. Cathryn works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, and stress. She also supports people facing intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, body image and eating concerns, attention differences, and caregiver strain.
The focus is on individual growth and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Sessions are offered in English and available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Cathryn frames therapy as a collaborative process where clients’ values and goals guide the pace and focus of the work.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cathryn lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cathryn names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How emotion-focused and acceptance-based methods work online
Cathryn often uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and name difficult feelings, increase emotional awareness, and change patterns that cause distress in relationships and daily life. EFT helps when strong emotions get in the way of connection or clear thinking.She also relies on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to teach practical steps for living in line with personal values. ACT helps people accept uncomfortable feelings while committing to meaningful action. Attachment-Based Therapy appears in sessions to trace how early bonds shape current reactions and to strengthen a more supported sense of connection with others.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist and client look at current concerns, goals, and preferences and try methods that fit the situation. That means techniques can shift over time as needs change and progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this style of work. Video calls let the therapist and client read facial expression and tone, which helps with emotion-focused interventions. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when being on camera is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, written exercises, or a shorter way to process feelings between sessions. These options make it easier to keep consistent work while balancing family, school, or work obligations.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Cathryn works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, and relationship concerns. She also addresses parenting strain, eating and body image issues, ADHD, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is humanistic and collaborative, with an emphasis on mindfulness and building self-awareness. She mixes emotion-focused work with practical skill-building to help clients manage feelings and make clearer choices.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of clinical experience and uses both humanistic perspectives and evidence-based techniques in her work. That experience informs how she supports emotional growth and coping.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
Cathryn is licensed as an LMFT in California and practices with that credential in that state.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What formats are available for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are costs and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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