Catherine Sechrist

Catherine Sechrist is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. Catherine uses a strengths-based view to build rapport and support clients as they work toward clearer goals.

She brings nine years of therapy experience to sessions. Catherine mixes practical strategies with a collaborative attitude. She aims to meet people where they are and tailor methods to each situation rather than using a single fixed approach.

Catherine works with concerns such as depression, compassion fatigue, trauma and abuse, and challenges around eating and sleeping. She also addresses career and workplace issues, parenting stress, and body image. Additional focus areas include first responder issues, coping with disasters, forgiveness, HIV/AIDS, and hospice and end-of-life counseling.

Her sessions often use elements from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy to build skills and find workable steps forward. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy also inform her style, especially for emotion regulation and relationship concerns.

People who choose Catherine can expect a calm, practical approach that emphasizes strengths and small, achievable changes. She supports clients in defining personal goals and developing everyday skills to manage symptoms and move toward what matters to them.

How Catherine’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values and focus on meaningful action even with difficult thoughts. It teaches simple practices to notice thoughts and choose actions that match what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical steps to change patterns that keep someone stuck. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, concrete changes and uses clients' own strengths to build momentum toward goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Catherine works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit best. Together they look at goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past to shape the plan for sessions.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins, or offering more flexible scheduling around work and caregiving obligations. Many people find remote sessions helpful for keeping continuity during transitions, handling grief work without extra commuting, and accessing consistent support when dealing with ongoing stressors.