About Catherine
Catherine Valentine is an IL Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and problems with self-esteem. She works with adults facing life changes, addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep difficulties, anger, ADHD, and mood challenges like bipolar disorder.
Catherine invites people to take a small step toward feeling better and recognizes that starting therapy takes courage. Her approach begins by listening closely to each person’s story.
Background and approach
She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and builds on existing strengths. Sessions are practical and direct, focusing on what people want to change and trying tools that fit their daily routines. Catherine uses several evidence-based methods to guide work in sessions.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot patterns of thought and behavior. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice values and commit to meaningful action. Mindfulness and Client-Centered techniques help slow things down and make therapy feel more grounded.
Over time she mixes in Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Her background includes a broad range of life concerns such as family of origin issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and grief from loss or major life transitions. Catherine aims to offer straightforward tools so people can cope better day to day.
If someone wants to try online or phone sessions, Catherine provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She supports English-speaking clients in Illinois who are looking for practical help with emotional and behavioral concerns.
How Catherine’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions that matter to them. It supports work on values, motivation, and living a meaningful life despite difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression through practical exercises and homework.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Catherine works collaboratively to determine which methods match a person’s goals and day-to-day life. She may start with one approach and blend in others as needs change, and she checks in regularly to see what is working.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for deeper conversation and skills practice, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text can serve for brief check-ins, homework review, or quick coping strategies between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to use techniques in the moments they are needed.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English