About Cathy
Cathy Nau is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Washington. She brings 29 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and ADHD. Cathy focuses on practical steps and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
She begins by listening and offering immediate support. Then she helps define small, clear goals and the first steps toward them. Sessions are collaborative and paced to fit each person's needs.
Background and approach
Cathy uses a mix of therapy styles to match what a person prefers and what helps most. Expect straightforward conversations, skills you can use between sessions, and regular check-ins on how things are going. She pays attention to life changes, career questions, caregiver strain, and compassion fatigue as part of the picture.
Her background includes long-term clinical work and time supporting military and first responder concerns. That experience informs a calm, steady approach when people feel overwhelmed or burned out. Cathy works in ways that support coping with loss, trauma, body image, and mood issues.
She also addresses communication struggles, attachment and abandonment worries, and issues that come with aging or serious illness. Her practice aims to help people take one small step at a time toward clearer goals and better day-to-day functioning.
How therapy approaches fit online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful steps toward them. It helps when people feel stuck or overwhelmed and want clear, value-driven action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotions and building stronger emotional responses; it can help when grief, attachment, or intense feelings get in the way of daily life.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Cathy will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then try methods that match those needs. The plan can change over time based on what helps most, and the process is collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or people prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are handy for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. These options make it easier to build therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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