About Catherine
Catherine Kluge is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of clinical experience. She uses a client-centered approach and combines practical strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, substance use, ADHD, and relationship concerns. Catherine meets people where they are and focuses on small, realistic steps toward goals.
She believes most people move toward wellness when treated with respect. Sessions begin by listening to each person's story and identifying strengths they already use.
Background and approach
From there she helps build new skills to improve daily functioning and reach specific goals. Her style is direct but warm, and she asks clients to guide the pace of work. Catherine draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
She uses motivational interviewing to support people who are ambivalent about change. Narrative therapy helps when someone wants to reframe their story and find new meaning after hard experiences. Her background includes work in a personal hospital, community mental health, and substance use treatment settings.
That range shaped her practical, results-oriented approach to common and complex problems. She aims to help people living with mood disorders, grief, trauma, and co-occurring conditions. When relevant, Catherine addresses parenting strain, workplace stress, addictions, and intimacy-related concerns.
People who prefer clear goals and collaborative planning often find this approach helpful. She works from Missouri and conducts sessions in English.
How Catherine blends approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s lead. The therapist prioritizes dignity and respect, helping people identify their strengths and decide what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs support rather than direction.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) targets patterns of thought and behavior that maintain problems. In simple, step-by-step work, clients learn skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood swings, and change unhelpful routines. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and can reduce stress and impulsive reactions by building attention and calm.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Catherine will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. She adjusts plans as needed so work stays practical and relevant to daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy schedules. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat suits quick check-ins or between-session support. These options help people access care from different locations and during varied parts of their day.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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