About Catherine
Catherine Kimrey uses a client-centered approach to guide conversations about stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, self-esteem, and depression. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and has 18 years of experience in clinical work. Catherine meets people with calm attention and practical focus.
In sessions she listens first and then helps people sort through what matters most to them. She aims to create a space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken openly without judgment.
Background and approach
That lets people try new ways of handling problems and make gradual changes that fit their life. Catherine draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She also uses mindfulness practices to help clients manage strong emotions and stay grounded.
For people who have faced upsetting events, she includes trauma-focused work to address how past experiences affect current life. Her experience includes a wide range of concerns such as caregiver stress, blended family challenges, communication problems, isolation, and life purpose questions. She also supports people dealing with divorce, infidelity, guilt, and grief.
Catherine works from Minnesota and conducts therapy in English. Clients can expect straightforward talk, tools to try between sessions, and steady support while they test new steps. She encourages small, practical changes and honors the courage it takes to seek a different path.
How Catherine’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy begins with listening closely to each person and shaping sessions around their priorities. Online, this means conversations that focus on immediate concerns and practical next steps to try between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going and offers concrete strategies to change them, which translates well to online homework and brief skill practice during sessions. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation; these exercises can be guided in a video call or reinforced through short text reminders. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Catherine will discuss goals, preferences, and what has worked in the past to choose methods that fit each person. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that feels manageable and relevant to daily life. Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let therapists observe nonverbal cues and practice skills together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework questions, or between-session coaching. These options make it simpler to fit regular sessions around work, caregiving, or other commitments while still using client-centered, CBT, and mindfulness tools effectively.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Minnesota
- Languages
- English