Catherine Valentine , LCPC

Catherine Valentine is an IL Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 25 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. Her approach is practical and grounded, with an emphasis on each person's strengths and choices.

Clients can expect sessions that focus on what matters most to them. She listens first, then works with clients to set clear, doable goals. Treatment blends straightforward skills with acceptance and mindfulness tools to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

Catherine uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people change unhelpful patterns and live by their values. She also draws on client-centered principles to keep the work centered on the client's own perspective.

Her background includes long-term work with people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, parenting stress, and chronic health challenges. She can help with intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, anger, bipolar and ADHD symptom management, and caregiver stress.

Sessions are offered in English and delivered in formats that fit modern life. Catherine practices in Illinois as an LCPC and frames therapy as a collaborative process where clients' strengths guide the work.

Approach and online options for therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while taking action that matches their values. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, grief, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like depression, anxiety, and sleep troubles. Client-centered therapy centers the conversation on the person's own experience and values, offering space and validation while clients decide next steps.

Choosing the right method is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to test approaches and adjust based on what fits best. That way the plan matches the client's goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve.

Online therapy with Catherine can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and learning skills together. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when video isn't possible. Live chat and text messaging let clients check in between sessions or use brief, focused exchanges when that format works better. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress moving forward.