Cathryn Charette, LMFT

Cathryn Charette is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, depression, addictions, parenting challenges, and family-of-origin issues. She also addresses attachment-related concerns, body image, and ADHD among other areas.

She draws on humanistic ideas that focus on client strengths and personal values. Sessions center on building self-awareness and noticing patterns that come from the family someone grew up in. That includes looking at boundaries, roles taken in childhood, and how those early patterns show up in current relationships.

Therapy often includes mindfulness and reflective practices to help people respond more intentionally to life stressors. She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and strategies from acceptance and commitment therapy to test small changes between sessions. Emotion regulation skills from dialectical behavior therapy are offered when helpful.

Cathryn also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonding shapes expectations in intimacy and caregiving. Conversations may cover abandonment fears, codependency, or communication problems that trace back to family dynamics. The focus is on increasing emotional understanding and building more comfortable ways of relating.

She explains concepts plainly and encourages clients to notice what helps in daily life. Work typically involves setting short-term goals, practicing new ways of handling conflict, and reflecting on values that guide decisions. Those who want to explore how family patterns affect parenting, intimacy, or self-esteem may find this approach practical and direct.

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