Cathryn Charette, LMFT

Cathryn Charette is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California with five years of clinical experience. She follows a humanistic approach that highlights a person's strengths and skills. Cathryn aims to help people feel more confident, understand themselves and others, and make choices that match their values.

Her work centers on building self-awareness and practicing mindfulness. She helps clients notice how they react in the moment and try new, more intentional responses. Cathryn uses this practice to address everyday stress, relationship pain, grief, anxiety, and life transitions.

Attachment and connection are often part of her focus. She talks with people about how past caregiving and early relationships shape present patterns. When helpful, she supports people in developing what psychologists call earned security - a stronger sense of self and more comfortable ways of relating to others after trauma or loss.

Cathryn combines humanistic perspective with practical tools from approaches like acceptance and commitment work, cognitive techniques, and skills-based strategies from dialectical behavior methods. She frames therapy in a nonjudgmental, wellness-based way and draws on research to shape treatment steps.

People who seek her out are often looking for a steady, patient therapist who listens and helps them map clear next steps. She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, depression, addictions, intimacy-related issues, body image, ADHD, and caregiving strain. Sessions are conducted in English and take place in California.

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical strategies for everyday situations.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current connection patterns. It can help people understand closeness, boundaries, and trust after difficult relational experiences.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cathryn collaborates with each person to choose methods that match goals and preferences. She listens to what matters most and adjusts the focus as progress or challenges show up.

Confirm the current session options before booking because formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make regular check-ins easier to fit into a busy schedule, allow shorter or more frequent touchpoints when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use verbal coaching, mindfulness practice, and skills rehearsal from wherever they are, which can help skills transfer into daily life.