- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LPC, LPMHC
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania, Delaware
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Catherine
Catherine Sechrist is a licensed counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She brings nine years of clinical experience to everyday problems like sleep struggles, low self-esteem, eating concerns, and parenting challenges. Her approach aims to make therapy practical and understandable for busy adults.
Catherine combines different methods to match each person's needs instead of using one fixed model. Sessions focus on building on strengths and setting realistic steps forward.
Background and approach
She encourages simple, actionable skills that can be used between meetings. Many clients come for help with anxiety, panic, social fears, or workplace strain. Others seek support for trauma reactions, compassion fatigue, or issues around body image and money.
She also works with people facing end-of-life caregiving, hospice-related stress, or HIV and AIDS concerns. Catherine uses familiar therapeutic tools such as cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance-based practices, and client-centered listening. She aims to create a calm space where priorities are clear and goals are practical.
Therapy often includes brief coaching elements to help clients try new behaviors quickly. She holds LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and LPMHC (Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor) credentials and practices in Pennsylvania. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through a mix of video, phone, chat, and text formats to fit different schedules.
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
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Body image
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Catherine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Solution-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.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts while committing to valued actions. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes by teaching flexible responses to difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to change mood and functioning. It often helps with panic, social anxiety, sleep problems, and obsessive habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will collaborate with clients to choose methods that match goals and day-to-day needs. She adjusts techniques as progress unfolds so sessions stay relevant and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skills practice, while phone calls can work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching between sessions, or when a written exchange fits a tight schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving routines, or other commitments.
Questions people ask about Catherine
What concerns does Catherine address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, sleep and eating issues, and life changes. Additional focuses include body image, trauma, workplace problems, and panic or phobias.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions are practical and cooperative, with a strengths-based tone. Catherine uses clear tools and homework to help people test new ways of coping between meetings.
What is her background and experience?
She has nine years of experience providing counseling for a range of concerns. That work includes helping people navigate grief, compassion fatigue, and adjustment after major life events.
Which credentials and state licensure does she hold?
She holds LPC and LPMHC credentials and is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania as PA LPC and DE LPMHC.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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