About Kaitlyn
Kaitlyn Tetreault is a licensed professional counselor in Connecticut with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addictive behaviors. Kaitlyn aims to make the first step easier by offering steady support and a respectful, nonjudgmental space.
Her approach centers on listening and understanding each person's story. Kaitlyn uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Mindfulness techniques are part of her work when slowing down and managing strong emotions is useful. Motivational Interviewing is used to help people find their own reasons to change and to build momentum toward goals.
Sessions are practical and aim to fit into everyday life. Kaitlyn works with concerns around relationships, family stress, career pressures, anger, and self-esteem. She helps people cope with major life changes and losses with steady guidance.
Her style is straightforward and compassionate, focused on clear steps and small, achievable shifts. She invites clients to speak honestly about what they need and to set goals together. The goal is to reduce immediate distress and build skills that last beyond therapy.
How therapy approaches translate online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters to the client. Online sessions let the therapist reflect concerns back and help people set goals based on their values and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and replace them with practical alternatives. In online work CBT tools often include thought records, behavior experiments, and homework that can be shared between sessions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about what feels useful and adjust methods based on goals and preferences. Over time they will try techniques, review what helps, and shift course as needed so the work stays relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful when visual cues and a more personal feel matter. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or fitting therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and to use therapy tools in real life.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English