About Catherine
Catherine Desponett is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Colorado. She brings a calm, practical style to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. Catherine keeps conversations straightforward and goal-focused while respecting each person's pace and values.
She uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs. That can include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to clarify values and take purpose-driven action, and Attachment-Based work to untangle patterns in relationships.
Background and approach
Catherine often blends these methods to support emotional regulation and clearer communication. With ten years of clinical experience, she has helped people cope with big life changes, chronic health concerns, caregiver stress, body-image worries, and issues tied to adoption or abandonment. Her background also includes work with trauma and co-morbid mental health challenges.
She aims to help people move from survival mode toward more intentional living. Sessions are conversational and practical. Catherine helps people set small, doable goals and learn skills they can use between meetings.
She emphasizes collaboration, drawing on a person's strengths and values to guide progress. Therapy is offered in English and provided remotely across Colorado. Catherine uses phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can match care to their day-to-day needs.
Approach and online care that fits your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then take action guided by their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and decisions tied to life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors and is often used for anxiety and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship experiences shape current patterns and helps people build healthier ways of connecting and relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will collaborate with each person to choose or combine techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly to adjust plans and keeps sessions practical so people can try new strategies between meetings.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for short check-ins, quick skill reviews, or when a written thread helps track progress. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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