About Cathrine
Cathrine Musiyiwa is an AASW social worker with five years of experience helping people manage family conflict, trauma, parenting strains and low mood. She speaks English and Shona and aims to create a practical, respectful space for people to start making changes. Cathrine keeps therapy straightforward.
Sessions focus on what is troubling you now and on small steps that can reduce stress. She uses a mix of talking, problem-solving and skills practice so people leave with tools they can use between sessions.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, body image and self-esteem, and the emotional effects of separation or blended-family dynamics. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, addiction-related issues and family-of-origin wounds. Depression and motivation are common topics brought to sessions.
Cathrine draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based work to match each person’s needs. She adapts her tone and pace to suit parents, carers and individuals who need clear, practical strategies rather than lengthy theory. She encourages a collaborative plan in which goals are set together.
Cathrine explains options and helps people decide what to try next. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to make that step manageable and respectful.
Online approaches that focus on action and connection
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It encourages choosing actions that fit personal values, which can be useful for depression, avoidance and motivation issues. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for low mood, anxiety and unhelpful coping habits.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Cathrine will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process - she explains options, tries things out and adjusts the plan based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier access to regular sessions. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a hands-free check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, progress updates or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and daily life while using approaches like ACT and CBT in day-to-day situations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- 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)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Shona
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