- Stress and anxiety
- Addiction challenges
- Focus and memory
About Catherine
Catherine DeShetler is a Licensed Certified Social Worker in Maryland with 28 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who face stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, depression, and concentration or memory concerns. She also pays attention to life-purpose questions and practical problems that emerge after big life changes.
She approaches sessions with the view that clients know their own story and carry strengths that can help them move forward. Conversations focus on identifying what is getting in the way and building small, manageable steps to reduce distress. Catherine talks with people about practical strategies for improving focus and managing strong emotions.
Her background includes long-term work with people coping with substance use and related family and workplace pressures. She also addresses aging and caregiver stress, blended family concerns, financial strain, and mood changes such as seasonal affective disorder. Catherine brings years of contact with these problems into current sessions so clients do not have to explain basic patterns from scratch.
In typical meetings she helps people weigh options, try behavioral steps, and notice patterns that affect daily life. Sessions often include straightforward techniques to manage anxiety, improve organization, and reduce urges that feed addictive behavior. She highlights small changes that fit into real routines.
Catherine encourages people who feel stuck after career shifts, relationship changes, health events, or midlife transitions to take a first step. To start, prospective clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session to see how working together might look.
Therapeutic approaches and how online work can fit
Many clients benefit from evidence-based techniques that focus on behavior and thinking patterns. Behavioral strategies break problems into concrete actions, such as scheduling activity to lift mood or practicing short focus exercises to improve concentration. These help with depression, low motivation, and attention problems.Cognitive techniques look at unhelpful thoughts and how they shape feelings and actions. Learning to notice and test those thoughts can reduce anxiety and anger and make decision-making easier when facing life-purpose questions or workplace stress.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Catherine will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try first based on their goals, current challenges, and what feels manageable. That collaborative process helps tailor practical steps for daily life rather than promising a single fix.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, remote sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time that can otherwise be a barrier. Licensed professionals often use these practical benefits to help therapy integrate with work, caregiving, and other obligations without assuming any particular format is provided.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
28+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, depression, and difficulties with concentration and memory, plus related life-purpose and midlife concerns.
How does she approach someone who feels stuck?
Catherine treats people as the experts on their own lives and focuses on identifying strengths. Sessions emphasize practical steps to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
How much experience does she have?
She has 28 years of professional work experience supporting adults with mood, attention, and addiction-related concerns.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is an LCSW-C licensed in Maryland and practices with that credential in that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; confirm current session options before booking to know whether in-person or remote meetings are offered.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.