About Catalina
Catalina Ortiz is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on practical, direct support for people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem. She speaks English and Spanish and offers sessions online through multiple formats. Catalina brings 12 years of experience and works from a straightforward, encouraging stance that helps people find concrete steps forward.
Catalina centers therapy on each person's real-life needs. She helps clients break problems into manageable parts and build simple skills that can be used right away.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on communication, coping during life changes, and improving self-image and confidence. Her clinical work draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking, and on solution-focused tools to map small, achievable changes. Narrative therapy is used to look at the stories people tell about themselves and to create alternative, more helpful narratives.
These approaches are chosen to fit what the person wants to change and how they prefer to work. Clients can expect clear goals and practical exercises between sessions. Catalina encourages people to try small experiments to see what works and to adjust plans together as needed.
She also addresses blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, body image, and communication problems with concrete strategies. People who want to begin are guided through a simple intake process and can use video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Catalina aims to make therapy doable for busy lives while focusing on steady, realistic progress.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Many sessions use cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people notice how thoughts influence feelings and actions and then practice new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety or depression. Mindfulness therapy is offered to teach simple attention and breathing practices that calm the body and help manage stress in the moment.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust plans based on what helps most. This collaborative process lets the therapist and client decide together which tools suit the client’s needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and interactive exercises, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or have shorter, focused exchanges when a quick update or brief coaching is needed. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, parenting, and busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish