Catherine Sechrist is a licensed professional counselor who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes.
01About Catherine
Catherine Sechrist is a licensed professional counselor who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She brings nine years of experience to sessions and focuses on building on each person's strengths. Her style is collaborative and straightforward, aimed at creating small, practical steps people can use right away.
She believes no single method fits everyone. That means she blends methods like cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance work, and client-centered listening to match each person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions often include goal-focused conversations, skill practice, and problem-solving that can be adapted as progress is made. Catherine pays attention to daily routines that affect mood and coping. She will help people notice unhelpful thought patterns, test new behaviors, and practice ways to manage intense feelings.
For those facing grief or trauma, she offers steady pacing and an emphasis on safety and stabilization before moving to deeper material. Practical concerns such as sleep, eating, body image, and workplace stress are common topics in her work. She also addresses more specific issues like panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, and compassion fatigue using clear tools and homework between sessions.
Her approach is direct but warm. People can expect a mix of listening, reflection, and hands-on strategies to try between meetings. Catherine works in Pennsylvania and conducts sessions in English.
02Credentials
- LPC (Pennsylvania)
- License PC008499 · expires February 2027
- LPMHC (Delaware)
- License PC-0011080 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1215225826 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Catherine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Body image
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Methods Catherine names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Catherine names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that move a person toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. Both approaches can help with anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive thoughts.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan over time so the approach fits the person's needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and teachable moments, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera, and messaging or live chat can fit quick check-ins or brief skill practice between longer meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and keep progress moving forward across different routines.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Catherine focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and life changes, plus issues like sleep, eating, body image, and workplace stress.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses a mix of practical, skills-based work and client-centered listening to set goals and try small, manageable changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings nine years of professional experience as a therapist working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and region are associated with her practice?
She holds LPC and LPMHC credentials and is based in Pennsylvania.
Can people use languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote meetings.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.
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