- Years in practice
- 3
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Rhode Island
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Catherine
Catherine Costa is a licensed clinical social worker in Rhode Island. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, career worries, low self-esteem, and parenting concerns. She uses straightforward, goal-focused conversations to help people move forward.
She draws on solution-focused ideas to identify small changes that lead to big improvements. Motivational interviewing helps when motivation feels low or stuck. Narrative therapy is used to help people reframe difficult stories and find new meaning.
Background and approach
Catherine keeps sessions practical and respectful. She collaborates with each person to set realistic goals and build steps toward them. Sessions often include problem solving, skill practice, and checking what works between meetings.
Her practice also addresses trauma and grief, relationship stress, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She offers support around adoption and foster care, caregiver strain, money and workplace issues, and questions about life purpose. People can expect a direct but compassionate style.
Catherine adapts conversations and plans to fit individual needs and circumstances. She recognizes that starting therapy takes courage and aims to make that first step feel useful and manageable.
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
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Catherine lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Catherine’s approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps when people need a compassionate space to sort priorities, feelings, and parenting decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect feelings. It breaks problems into small steps and teaches practical skills for anxiety, low mood, and stress management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose methods and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging to match different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a hands-free option is preferred. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when shorter, more frequent contact fits a busy schedule.
These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work and family routines and to keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Catherine
What issues does Catherine address?
Catherine works with stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, self-esteem, career challenges, depression, grief, trauma, and related issues listed in her specialties.
How does she approach therapy?
Her style is practical and collaborative. Sessions focus on clear goals, problem solving, and checking what helps between meetings.
What is her clinical background?
She holds a Rhode Island LICSW and has three years of professional experience working in clinical settings.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is licensed as an LICSW in Rhode Island and practices with that regional credential.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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