Catherine Diosdado , LCSW

Catherine Diosdado is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who uses a person-focused approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression. She draws on 14 years of clinical work in New Mexico and decades of broader social work experience. Catherine emphasizes practical steps and steady support to help clients move forward.

She treats relationship and family concerns and addresses related issues like adoption and foster care, blended family challenges, and family of origin problems. Catherine also helps with communication problems, codependency, commitment worries, and the emotional fallout of divorce and separation.

Catherine uses methods that center the person’s experience. She works in ways that boost understanding of attachment patterns and teaches tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness skills are used to calm the body and mind when anxiety or strong emotions appear.

Her practice also covers trauma-related concerns such as dissociation and issues stemming from abuse. She supports people dealing with guilt, shame, and forgiveness work, and she has experience with first responder stress and co-morbid conditions.

Catherine aims for a straightforward, respectful approach. She encourages clients to notice their strengths and to take small, manageable steps toward change. Starting therapy can feel hard, and she acknowledges that courage is part of the process.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can help people notice attachment responses and try new ways of relating in everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which works well in remote sessions through structured exercises and homework. Mindfulness Therapy brings attention to the present moment and bodily sensations, and brief guided mindfulness practice can be led easily over video or phone.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort level. She checks in regularly about what is helping and adjusts the plan together so therapy stays useful and focused.

Online formats used include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and practicing skills together, while phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth is available. Live chat or text messaging can support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing notes between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when travel or other obligations make in-person visits difficult.