- Client-centered care
- Practical coping skills
- Trauma-informed approach
About Catherine
Catherine Wasson is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and self esteem struggles. She brings a calm, direct style and listens for practical steps someone can use right away. She works from a place of respect and sensitivity and avoids stigmatizing labels.
With seven years of clinical experience, Catherine has supported people facing trauma and abuse, grief, career challenges, and issues related to intimacy. She has also helped people dealing with compassion fatigue, panic attacks, and complex relationship patterns including polyamory and non-monogamous arrangements. Her background includes work with first responder issues and those coping with homelessness.
Her sessions are interactive and collaborative. Catherine blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused strategies. She also uses mindfulness practices and EMDR when appropriate to address trauma-related symptoms.
In therapy she aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person's needs. That often means breaking concerns into manageable steps, trying new coping skills in session, and tracking what helps between visits. She speaks English and practices in Virginia, holding LICSW, LCSW, and CSW credentials.
Catherine encourages people who are feeling stuck to take a first step. The work often starts by identifying a few small goals and building from there. She frames therapy as practical collaboration rather than labels or judgment.
With seven years of clinical experience, Catherine has supported people facing trauma and abuse, grief, career challenges, and issues related to intimacy. She has also helped people dealing with compassion fatigue, panic attacks, and complex relationship patterns including polyamory and non-monogamous arrangements. Her background includes work with first responder issues and those coping with homelessness.
Her sessions are interactive and collaborative. Catherine blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused strategies. She also uses mindfulness practices and EMDR when appropriate to address trauma-related symptoms.
In therapy she aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person's needs. That often means breaking concerns into manageable steps, trying new coping skills in session, and tracking what helps between visits. She speaks English and practices in Virginia, holding LICSW, LCSW, and CSW credentials.
Catherine encourages people who are feeling stuck to take a first step. The work often starts by identifying a few small goals and building from there. She frames therapy as practical collaboration rather than labels or judgment.