Catherine Desponett , LMFT

Catherine Desponett is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Colorado with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. Her work is grounded in a calm, supportive approach that aims to make therapy practical and understandable.

She uses several evidence-informed methods to guide sessions, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. These approaches are combined to match each person's needs rather than following a single script. Sessions tend to focus on building coping skills, understanding patterns, and making values-based changes.

Catherine has worked with people facing many kinds of life shifts, such as caregiving stress, chronic illness, body image concerns, and issues tied to adoption or abandonment. She also supports those coping with communication problems, codependency, commitment anxiety, and the emotional effects of cancer or aging. Her background includes addressing trauma and abuse as part of broader recovery work.

In the room she aims for clear, practical steps. Clients can expect to talk through immediate symptoms and try strategies between sessions. Catherine emphasizes collaboration and helps people build tools for emotional regulation and healthier relationships.

Therapy is offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. She works with adults on individual concerns and helps people find steady, realistic ways to change their day-to-day lives.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small, meaningful steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying concrete behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people change how they relate to others and manage emotional triggers.

Choosing the right approach is usually a collaborative process. Catherine will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and try methods that fit. Work evolves over time, and adjustments are made based on what is helpful in real life.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide practical flexibility. Video lets therapists observe nonverbal cues and do deeper check-ins, phone calls can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messages are useful for brief check-ins or ongoing skill coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep continuity during life transitions.