Catherine Ladd , LCSW

Catherine Ladd is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage grief, anxiety, stress, and relationship concerns. She works with individuals who are facing life changes, career questions, compassion fatigue, or worries about self-esteem. Her style is calm and straightforward, aimed at making hard conversations feel more manageable.

She has ten years of experience, including time in hospice care and private practice in North Carolina. That background shapes how she talks about loss and anticipatory grief. She also supports people handling caregiver strain, cancer-related stress, and end-of-life decision strain.

Catherine uses practical methods during sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts, Motivational Interviewing to build motivation for change, and Solution-Focused Therapy to set short-term goals. She chooses approaches to match each person's needs and goals.

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Catherine emphasizes clear steps people can try between meetings and checks in on how those steps are going. The aim is to leave people with doable strategies for day-to-day coping.

People come to her for a range of concerns that include abandonment worries, attachment issues, communication problems, codependency, commitment questions, and jealousy. She also addresses aging and geriatric concerns, HIV and AIDS related issues, and hospice and end-of-life topics.

Her practice is offered in English from North Carolina, and she brings a nonjudgmental, supportive presence to each session.

Approaches that translate well to online care

CBT helps people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety or low mood. In short sessions it can provide concrete tools and exercises to try between meetings. Motivational Interviewing focuses on strengthening a person’s own reasons for change by asking guided questions and reflecting back what matters most to them. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, practical steps and clear goals so progress is visible quickly and sessions stay focused.

Choosing the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and they will try methods that fit those aims. If something isn’t helpful, adjustments are made so the work stays practical and relevant to everyday life.

Online formats allow the same approaches to be used without travel. Video calls are useful for richer conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit short check-ins into a busy day, and text-based messaging supports frequent, brief touchpoints or coaching-style guidance. These options help make therapy more flexible for people juggling care, work, or other responsibilities.