Cathryn Charette, LMFT
California · 5 years in practice
Cathryn Charette is a licensed marriage and family therapist who centers her work on human strengths and personal meaning.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 126402 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1417531336 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Cathryn
Cathryn Charette is a licensed marriage and family therapist who centers her work on human strengths and personal meaning. She uses a humanistic, existential perspective to help people make sense of their choices and build a clearer life direction. Cathryn emphasizes self-awareness and practical steps people can use right away.
She helps people notice patterns that cause pain and then try different ways of responding. That might mean working on anxiety, depression, grief, relationship or intimacy struggles, or challenges around parenting and caregiving.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with trauma, addiction, body image, and the strain of chronic illness. Cathryn blends several approaches to match a person’s needs. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-focused work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and client-centered methods.
Sessions aim to increase insight, calm difficult emotions, and build skills that fit a person’s real life. Her style is patient and nonjudgmental. Cathryn focuses on helping people develop healthier boundaries, stronger self-esteem, and a more grounded sense of identity.
She talks with clients about values, motivation, and small behavioral changes that add up. Cathryn holds a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential. She has five years of clinical experience working with many concerns, including stress, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and identity questions.
Sessions are offered in English and structured around what each person needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cathryn lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cathryn names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How different approaches fit into online work
Existential therapy helps people explore meaning, values, and the choices they make. It invites questions about purpose and what matters, which can be useful for grief, life transitions, and identity concerns.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then taking action based on personal values. It is helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants tools to respond differently to painful thoughts.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape expectations and connection patterns. It can help people improve how they relate to others, build safer boundaries, and heal from relationship or developmental wounds.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then use techniques that fit those goals. Sessions often blend ideas so the work feels practical and relevant.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video sessions are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when video is difficult, chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options offer flexibility and different ways to stay connected to a therapist.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, eating concerns, parenting challenges, ADHD, and related worries such as codependency and body image.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is humanistic and existential, focusing on self-awareness, values, and practical steps. Sessions are patient, supportive, and aimed at building coping skills and clearer life direction.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working with a range of concerns and uses both clinical experience and evidence-based research to inform her practice.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She meets with clients by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.
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