Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
How Catherine works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- Vermont, New Hampshire
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Catherine
Catherine (Cate) Beaton is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with 15 years of experience who draws on client-centered care to help people navigate anger, stress, trauma, and life transitions. She keeps conversations direct and simple so parents reading on a phone can grasp the first steps.
Cate uses practical tools and steady listening to help people manage emotions and make changes that matter. Her early career as a paramedic shaped how she views crisis and stress.
Background and approach
Those experiences taught her the value of connection during hard moments and inspired her move into counseling and school psychology. She completed a master's degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology and later earned an Educational Specialist degree in School Psychology. In leadership roles as a clinical and executive director, Cate supported coworkers and supervisees and developed skills in clinical oversight.
That work deepened her interest in helping professionals and caregivers handle compassion fatigue, burnout, and the emotional load of caregiving. In sessions she blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, existential ideas, and a client-centered stance. That mix lets her focus on what someone wants to change, build skills for day-to-day life, and process deeper trauma when needed.
She helps people with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, parenting strain, attachment issues, and ADHD. Cate aims to offer a calm, clear presence and to help clients feel seen and understood as they work toward practical steps forward.
What Catherine works with
Everything Catherine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Catherine's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Catherine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches for anger, trauma, and everyday stress online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then commit to actions that match their values. This approach can be useful for anger, stress, and life changes when someone wants clearer direction and fewer reactive behaviors. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skill work to change unhelpful patterns in daily life. Cate also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when trauma memories are part of the problem. EMDR is a structured way to process distressing memories so they cause less disruption in day-to-day functioning. Together these methods give options for short-term skill building and deeper processing when needed. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjust techniques as work progresses. That conversation helps set clear, realistic steps so people know what to expect from sessions. Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit counseling into a busy life. Video lets for face-to-face conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a brief check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and accessibility for people balancing work, parenting, and caregiving.Questions people ask about Catherine
What concerns does she commonly address?
Cate works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, grief, depression, addiction, parenting strain, relationship and family issues, and ADHD among other concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
She combines client-centered listening with practical tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and uses EMDR when processing trauma is helpful.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
She has 15 years of professional experience, including clinical practice and 10 years providing clinical supervision and leadership roles.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Vermont Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and also holds a New Hampshire LCMHC credential, and practices out of Vermont.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the country work together with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time and works with people located within her licensed regions.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.