- Stress and anxiety
- Acceptance and behavior methods
- Grief and life transitions
About Catherine
Catherine Sechrist is an LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania and a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor in Delaware with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, and coping with life changes, and lists social anxiety and phobia among her areas of focus. Catherine uses a range of practical methods to address daily struggles and intense moments alike.
She favors plain, direct conversation and problem-solving. Sessions often focus on learning specific skills for handling worry, panic, and situations that feel overwhelming. Cognitive and behavioral strategies are used alongside acceptance-minded exercises to reduce avoidance and improve functioning.
Catherine also draws on client-centered practices that prioritize the client’s perspective. This means listening carefully and shaping sessions around what feels most pressing for the person in front of her. Solution-focused techniques are used when clients want short-term, goal-oriented work to manage a particular problem.
Her background includes supporting people facing body image concerns, obsessive thoughts, panic attacks, workplace stress, and the lasting effects of trauma or grief. She also notes experience with first responder issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and financial stressors as contributing areas of her work.
Catherine describes her approach as strength-based and collaborative. She encourages small steps and concrete tools that can be used between sessions. To begin, she asks people to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule an initial meeting to set goals together.
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions work
Catherine uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in ways meant to be practical and action-oriented. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and panic. ACT teaches noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing steps that align with personal values, which can help with avoidance and social fears.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try first, then adjust based on what helps with the client’s goals and preferences. That means sessions may shift between skill-building, values work, and brief solution-focused planning as needed.
Session formats are not listed in the provided biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time so people can schedule around work or caregiving. Talk with Catherine after the matching questionnaire to learn which session styles she currently offers and which best suit your routine.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania, Delaware
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
Catherine works with stress, anxiety, grief, coping with life changes, social anxiety and phobia, and related issues such as body image and panic attacks.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a practical, client-centered style that emphasizes clear skills, collaborative goal setting, and short-term problem solving when appropriate.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working with people on anxiety, trauma, grief, and other concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds LPC in Pennsylvania and LPMHC in Delaware and practices from Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a session?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.