Catherine Barbour , LCSW
Practical, strengths-based support for parents and adults
Book with Catherine- Years in practice
- 4
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Anger management
About Catherine
Catherine Barbour is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and trauma. She brings four years of clinical experience to sessions and aims to make therapy practical and easy to follow for busy parents.
She uses straightforward methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Catherine also draws on Client-Centered and Solution-Focused approaches to build on strengths and set realistic goals.
Background and approach
These methods are used to address mood concerns, anxiety, addiction-related struggles, and parenting stress. Her background includes work in outdoor therapeutic programs, in-home counseling, and medical social work in hospital settings. That variety shaped her ability to adapt sessions to what each person needs, whether that means short-term problem solving or deeper grief work.
She has experience supporting people living with chronic illness, coping with loss, and managing family communication problems. In sessions she keeps things practical and goal-oriented. Parents can expect help with communication, managing anger, planning around ADHD or mood symptoms, and coping with life changes.
Catherine emphasizes the client’s own strengths and works with them to create achievable steps forward. She offers sessions in English and provides several online formats, including video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. Catherine encourages people to identify what they most want to change and then build a plan together to reach those goals.
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
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Catherine lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-driven online therapy that fits parenting life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and strengths and helps people feel heard while they figure out what to change. It is useful for parents who want support without rigid structure and for people coping with grief, loneliness, or life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify patterns of thought and behavior that fuel anxiety, depression, or anger. It provides clear tools and small experiments that people can try between sessions, which can be helpful when managing parenting stress or mood symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life and then shape a plan that mixes methods as needed. That collaborative process helps make therapy relevant and doable for parents juggling busy schedules.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for longer conversations and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging lets people share updates between sessions. These options make it easier to keep consistent care while managing work, childcare, and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Catherine
What concerns does Catherine commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and related family communication issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are practical and collaborative, using client-centered, solution-focused, and cognitive behavioral techniques to set goals and build on strengths.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Catherine has four years of clinical experience across outdoor therapeutic programs, in-home counseling, and medical social work in hospitals.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida and practices from that state.
In which languages can someone work with her?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are sessions offered online and by phone?
Yes. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online care.
How are costs and billing handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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