Dr. Catherine Alvarez, Ph.D., LMHC
Calm guidance for parenting and life stressors
Book with Catherine- Years in practice
- 17
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Catherine
Dr. Catherine Alvarez, Ph.D., is a licensed mental health counselor who emphasizes practical, human-centered therapy. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, grief, parenting challenges, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
Her manner is straightforward and empathetic, aimed at people who need clear steps and steady support. With 17 years of clinical experience, she uses approaches that help people notice what matters, build useful skills, and repair attachment wounds.
Background and approach
Sessions typically involve short-term tools and longer conversations about patterns that keep problems repeating. Expect doable strategies alongside space to talk through difficult feelings. Dr.
Alvarez blends cognitive behavior ideas with acceptance-focused and attachment-based work. That mix supports people facing trauma, caregiving burden, chronic health problems, or career and life transitions. She also addresses issues such as eating and sleeping struggles, ADHD, and compassion fatigue in practical ways.
Her style is collaborative. She helps clients set clear goals and tracks progress together. Meetings are paced to fit each person’s needs rather than following a rigid formula.
Dr. Alvarez provides services from Florida and accepts international clients. Sessions can be scheduled by completing a brief matching questionnaire and then arranging times that suit both client and therapist.
The focus is on helping people move forward, even when change feels hard.
What Catherine works with
Everything Catherine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Catherine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Catherine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Dr. Alvarez draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, identify personal values, and take small committed actions toward a meaningful life. That approach can help with anxiety, stress, and chronic worry.Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape reactions today. This work is helpful for intimacy-related concerns, communication struggles, and healing from relationship wounds.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will collaborate with each person to choose which methods to use based on goals and preferences. That means trying practical exercises, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when lower bandwidth or hands-free time is needed. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, real-time support, or when writing helps someone process thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different time zones while keeping the focus on helpful, goal-oriented work.
Questions people ask about Catherine
What issues does this therapist commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and related areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends practical skill-building with reflective conversation. Sessions focus on clear goals and step-by-step strategies matched to each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of experience working with people facing a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the FL LMHC credential and practices from Florida.
Can people who live outside the U.S. work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions with people located outside the United States.
Which session formats are offered?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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