Cathy Heaps-Stetson, LMHC
Person-centered counselor guiding practical change
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Cathy
Cathy Heaps-Stetson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with three decades of experience. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting challenges, and life changes. Her approach is warm and person-centered, putting the client’s perspective first and encouraging their own strengths.
She uses client-centered methods to listen closely and reflect what matters most to each person. Cathy combines that with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try small, practical shifts in thought and behavior.
Background and approach
She also draws on Emotionally-Focused ideas and mindfulness to help people notice and name feelings as they come up. Across many years she has worked with people facing illness, loss, caregiving strain, and major transitions. That background informs a calm, steady style aimed at helping people find next steps when life feels overwhelming.
Cathy often helps with relationship stress, intimacy-related concerns, parenting strain, and career or identity questions. Sessions tend to be collaborative and down-to-earth. Cathy asks direct questions when helpful and offers exercises for relaxation, mindfulness, and thought restructuring.
Her goal is to help people build confidence and practical skills they can use between sessions. Clients can expect straightforward language, reflective listening, and a nonjudgmental presence. Cathy encourages people to discover their own answers while she supports them through the process.
What Cathy works with
Everything Cathy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Cathy helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Cathy lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- 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 Cathy blends therapy approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, reflection, and supporting the person’s own goals. In practice this means sessions start by hearing what matters to the client and building plans that fit their values and daily life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify negative thinking patterns and replace them with more helpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and stress related to parenting or work.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on recognizing and naming strong emotions and how those feelings affect relationships and decision making. It can help people improve emotional awareness and connection in close relationships and intimacy-related concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cathy collaborates with each person to choose which methods to try based on their goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs. She will adjust the plan as progress is made so the approach stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, and messaging or live chat work well for short check-ins, homework, or ongoing coaching between sessions.
Questions people ask about Cathy
What issues does she help people with?
Cathy works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy-related issues, sleeping and eating problems, anger, self-esteem, career matters, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She practices a person-centered style combined with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, emotionally-focused approaches, mindfulness, and solution-focused techniques to help people make small, useful changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has about 30 years of experience working in education, training, counseling, and support roles with a range of life challenges and losses.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, credentialed as an FL LMHC, and practices from Florida.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
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?
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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