Cathryn Charette , LMFT

Cathryn Charette approaches therapy from a humanistic perspective, centering each person’s strengths, values, and capacity for growth. As an LMFT - a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - she blends practical, evidence-informed methods with a warm, wellness-oriented stance to help people move beyond patterns that limit their lives. Cathryn guides clients toward greater self-understanding, stronger relationships, and clearer decision making by encouraging mindfulness, self-compassion, and intentional boundary setting.

She helps clients explore how past experiences, including childhood and relationship trauma, shape current emotions and attachment patterns, and she works to cultivate what psychologists call “earned security”—a more resilient sense of self and safer ways of relating to others. Her approach supports recovery from grief, anxiety, depression, addictions, and stress, while also addressing issues like parenting, intimacy, body image, and caregiver fatigue.

Cathryn draws from both clinical training and contemporary research while honoring each person’s individual story. She creates a patient, nonjudgmental environment that values autonomy and connection, helping people practice new skills, clarify personal values, and build a guiding life philosophy that supports long-term wellbeing. She welcomes work with diverse ages and backgrounds and tailors care to each client’s goals and circumstances.

Approaches for online therapy focused on attachment and acceptance

Cathryn incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients clarify their personal values and build meaningful action even when difficult thoughts and feelings are present. ACT emphasizes mindfulness and committed behavior change to reduce struggle with painful experiences and promote greater life satisfaction.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships influence current patterns of closeness, trust, and emotional regulation. This approach helps individuals and couples understand attachment responses and develop more secure, connected ways of relating.

Client-Centered Therapy is woven through her practice, offering a respectful, empathetic stance that supports self-discovery and autonomy. Together these approaches address issues such as relationship difficulties, trauma, anxiety, grief, and identity concerns in a collaborative way.

Cathryn works with clients to identify which methods best match their needs and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as therapy progresses. Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is determined together based on goals, comfort, and response to treatment.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging provide flexibility for scheduling and allow therapy to fit into busy or geographically dispersed lives. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice new skills between sessions, and access licensed professionals from familiar surroundings.