About Cathryn
Cathryn Ahanonu is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Wyoming with 15 years of professional experience. She focuses on practical help for everyday struggles and keeps conversation clear and direct. Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction concerns, and ADHD.
Cathryn uses a warm, interactive style that aims to make people feel heard. She treats others with respect and without labels. Sessions tend to be collaborative, with an emphasis on listening first and then choosing steps that fit each person's life.
Background and approach
Her background includes a variety of clinical approaches she draws on to meet people where they are. She uses client-centered ideas to keep the person’s goals central. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
For people coping with trauma, Cathryn can use trauma-focused tools such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to address painful memories. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are offered to help manage strong emotions and build coping strategies. Cathryn also brings Motivational Interviewing into conversations when people want support making a change.
She adapts her work so interventions match current needs, whether dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, mood disorders, or life transitions. Her approach is practical and paced to the individual. She works with people to set realistic goals, track small steps, and adjust plans as needed.
The focus is on reducing overwhelm and helping people move toward clearer daily routines and better emotional balance.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting each person's own goals. It helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to sort feelings and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress because it gives clear tools to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Cathryn will help figure out whether a listening-based, skills-focused, or trauma-focused path fits best. She tailors methods to your goals and preferences and checks in regularly to make adjustments so the plan stays useful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates and work through small problems between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Wyoming
- Languages
- English
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