Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Catalina works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Years in practice
- 29
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Catalina
Catalina Kay is a licensed professional clinical counselor with nearly three decades of experience. She focuses on clear, practical strategies to help people manage strong emotions and life challenges, including anger and addiction. Her approach is straightforward and goal-focused, aimed at helping people feel more in control day to day.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, working with clients to spot patterns in thoughts and actions that fuel distress. Sessions often include simple exercises and step-by-step plans to try between meetings.
Background and approach
This helps people test what works and build new habits over time. Catalina has long experience supporting people dealing with depression, self-esteem struggles, relationship concerns, and major life transitions. She also assists with intimacy-related issues, sleep and eating problems, career questions, and the stresses that come with hospice and end-of-life situations.
Her background means she can draw on many practical examples clients can use right away. In meetings she listens for strengths and priorities, then suggests doable changes clients can try. She encourages small, measurable steps that add up into bigger change.
Her style is calm and direct, aimed at helping people find realistic solutions. People who seek help for anger often leave with clearer plans for responding differently. Catalina helps make those plans concrete, with straightforward exercises and homework that reinforce new choices over time.
What Catalina works with
Everything Catalina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Catalina's practice.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Approaches Catalina lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How CBT and online sessions can help manage anger
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns that lead to anger and replace them with more balanced options. CBT often uses short exercises and practical homework to test new responses in daily life.Catalina aims to find approaches that match a person’s goals and daily routine. She works collaboratively to choose techniques that fit what someone wants to change. Together they review what helps and tweak plans if needed so the work feels useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and practice new skills in real time. Phone sessions can be easier on low bandwidth or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, tracking moods, or getting reminders between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules and keep momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Catalina
What kinds of concerns does Catalina address?
She helps with anger, addictions, depression, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, career challenges, sleep and eating problems, bipolar concerns, parenting stress, and hospice or end-of-life counseling.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a practical, goal-focused approach that emphasizes small steps and clear exercises. Sessions focus on changes people can try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 29 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and life challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LPCC credential and practices in Minnesota.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
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 and complete the short matching questionnaire.