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Catherine Desponett, LMFT

Practical, values-focused therapy for stress and trauma

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About Catherine

Catherine Desponett is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who focuses on practical, skill-based therapy. She draws on approaches that help people manage stress, anxiety, and depression while working through relationship and trauma-related concerns.

Background and approach

She aims to make therapy straightforward and usable. Sessions focus on what is happening now and what can change.

Catherine uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and take steps that match their values. Her work also pays attention to attachment patterns and how early relationships affect current responses.

That helps when communication problems, abandonment worries, or blended family tensions come up. She uses a client-centered stance so people set the pace and goals of therapy.

Catherine has about 10 years of experience practicing in Colorado. She combines elements from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills when emotions feel overwhelming.

She also brings a trauma-aware perspective to safety and pacing. Many people who come to her want help with life transitions, caregiving stress, chronic illness, or concerns around adoption and foster care.

Catherine focuses on building practical strategies and small, steady changes that fit each person’s life. She offers sessions in English and provides online formats that fit different schedules and needs.

The first steps are simple: complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session to see how the work might fit.

Online approaches that build skills and connection

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take committed action even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where values can guide change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying new behaviors. It is practical for stress, mood shifts, and many everyday problems that respond to concrete strategies.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and communication. This approach can help people understand their needs and improve how they relate to others.

Finding the right approach often takes a few conversations. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaboration helps set realistic steps and adjusts the plan as progress happens.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life circumstances.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes, along with related topics like attachment and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is practical and collaborative, blending CBT, ACT, DBT, attachment-based and client-centered ideas to teach skills and support values-based choices.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has about 10 years of experience working with a range of emotional and relational concerns in Colorado.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Colorado.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Colorado
Languages
English