Catherine Valentine, LCPC
Helping parents and individuals build practical coping skills
Book with Catherine- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Catherine
Catherine Valentine is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, and parenting concerns. She emphasizes practical support and works with clients to build strengths that already exist. Her style is respectful and straightforward, aimed at small changes that add up over time.
Clients can expect clear, collaborative conversations that focus on real problems. Sessions often include goal-setting, skills practice, and steps to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Catherine frames therapy as a partnership where the client’s priorities guide the work. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and client-centered methods. These tools help with mood, coping with life changes, and managing addictive or impulsive behaviors.
Catherine uses strategies that help people notice thoughts and feelings and decide what matters most to them. Her background includes long-term clinical work across a range of concerns from trauma and relationship issues to sleep and anger management. Catherine also addresses specific topics like caregiver stress, chronic illness, blended family issues, and forgiveness.
Her experience gives her familiarity with varied life challenges. Therapy with Catherine often moves at a practical pace. She helps people set realistic steps, check progress, and adjust plans when needed.
The aim is to make everyday life more manageable and help people reconnect with what matters to them.
What Catherine works with
Everything Catherine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Catherine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Catherine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their personal values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and changing behaviors through concrete exercises and homework. This approach often helps with mood, sleep, and anger management.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Catherine collaborates with clients to decide which tools fit their goals and life situation. Together they try different strategies and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful and practical.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets clients use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit brief check-ins into a busy day and to track ideas over time. These options give flexibility for people balancing parenting, work, and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Catherine
What concerns does Catherine address?
Catherine supports people working with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, parenting concerns, addictions, trauma, sleep problems, anger, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD among other issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses a respectful, collaborative style that focuses on practical steps and the client’s goals. Conversations center on skills practice and real-life application.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 25 years of professional experience working in clinical settings with a wide range of concerns and life stressors.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
Catherine holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential, listed as LCPC, and practices from Illinois.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and payment work?
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?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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