Catalina Kay, LPCC

Catalina Kay is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with nearly three decades of experience helping people move toward more satisfying lives. She centers sessions on practical strategies and clear goals. Her style is straightforward and focused on what will change day-to-day life.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. That approach is useful for depression, anxiety, sleep and eating difficulties, and coping with life transitions. She also brings experience addressing addiction, trauma and abuse, and issues around intimacy.

Catalina helps people work on relationship concerns and self-esteem by breaking bigger problems into manageable steps. Conversations often include behavioral experiments, realistic goal-setting, and skill-building exercises to improve mood and daily routines. Progress is tracked with simple, concrete tasks between sessions.

She also supports people facing career stress, anger, and the challenges of parenting. For those coping with serious illness or loss, she offers hospice and end-of-life counseling tailored to immediate needs and practical decisions. The work is practical and paced to the person’s readiness.

Every session aims to identify strengths and build tools that fit real life. Catalina encourages active participation and provides straightforward feedback. The focus is on usable skills that make small but steady improvements over time.

Using CBT and practical strategies in online sessions

CBT focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and replacing them with more helpful patterns. It often includes short exercises, thought records, and behavior tasks that aim to change how someone feels by changing what they think and do. This approach can help with depression, anxiety, sleep and eating issues, and managing mood swings.

In sessions that draw on CBT, work is collaborative. The therapist will help the client choose which techniques to try, tailor exercises to daily life, and adjust plans based on what helps. Deciding on the right approach is a shared process that considers the person’s goals, needs, and comfort with different methods.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls let the therapist work closely with clients using face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easy to exchange brief updates, share homework, or get support between sessions. Together these formats make it simpler to fit regular work on goals into a real-life routine.