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Catherine Pither

LPC

Trauma and loss focused LPC

  • Trauma recovery
  • Grief support
  • Mindful approaches

About Catherine

Catherine Pither is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who helps people navigate the emotional fallout from trauma and loss. She supports clients coping with anxiety, depression, grief, and struggles around self-esteem and relationships. Her style is calm and steady, aimed at creating an environment where people can speak openly and feel heard.

She focuses on the effects that difficult events can leave behind, like trouble sleeping, problems with intimacy, or recurring feelings of emptiness. Eating and food-related issues and body image concerns are included among the topics she addresses. Catherine also works with people facing life changes such as divorce, blended family stress, caregiving burdens, and career shifts.

Her approach is collaborative and grounded in several practical methods. She uses client-centered listening to understand each person’s priorities, and she draws on emotionally-focused and mindfulness-based techniques to help regulate strong feelings. Narrative and solution-focused ideas are used when people want concrete steps and new ways to tell their story.

With six years of counseling experience, Catherine brings both personal and professional insight into grief and trauma recovery. She aims to make sessions a place to sort through emotions and test new ways of coping. Her goal is to help clients build clearer next steps and steadier day-to-day functioning.

To begin, visitors are invited to reach out with questions or to arrange an initial conversation. The process is intended to match goals with a pace that feels manageable and useful.

How her approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what a person says so they feel understood; this helps when someone is processing grief, trauma, or relationship hurts. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at how emotions shape interactions and internal responses, which can be useful for handling intense feelings tied to loss or attachment wounds. Mindfulness Therapy trains attention to notice thoughts and body sensations with less reactivity, and that can ease anxiety, sleep trouble, and recurring distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose which methods to try first, based on their needs, goals, and what feels doable. Goals and techniques can be adjusted over time as the client notices what helps most.

Confirm the exact online session options before booking, since this profile does not list formats. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Video or phone sessions can support steady progress through regular meetings while allowing people to use quieter surroundings or a break at work to attend. Licensed professionals adapt their tools to work well at a distance and focus on practical steps for coping and recovery.

License and NPI

LPC Connecticut · No. 6845
NPI1215629977

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Areas of expertise

Also works with

Family conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyEmotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

6+ years

Credentials

Connecticut

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly help with?

She helps people work through trauma effects, grief, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and relationship challenges, as well as eating and food-related issues.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is calm and collaborative, using listening-first client-centered work alongside emotionally-focused and mindfulness practices to manage strong emotions.

What experience does she have with grief and trauma?

She has six years of counseling experience and reports both personal and professional experience with grief and trauma recovery.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is an LPC, listed as CT LPC, and practices in Connecticut.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats.

How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start working with this therapist?

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