- LMFT in California
- 24 years experience
- Focus on depression
About Cathy
Cathy Simmons is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 24 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and challenges related to parenting and family life. Cathy centers care on each person's strengths and practical goals, making space for honest conversation and steady progress.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them build on what already works. Sessions tend to focus on identifying clear next steps and practicing skills that reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.
Cathy brings long-term experience working with trauma, abuse, addictions, and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people navigating career pressures, compassion fatigue, adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, and questions of self-love and self-esteem. She helps clients map realistic coping plans for life transitions.
Therapy with Cathy often includes checking current strengths, setting short-term goals, and trying practical strategies between sessions. She aims for a calm, steady pace so people feel heard and can try changes without being overwhelmed.
To begin, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them build on what already works. Sessions tend to focus on identifying clear next steps and practicing skills that reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.
Cathy brings long-term experience working with trauma, abuse, addictions, and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people navigating career pressures, compassion fatigue, adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, and questions of self-love and self-esteem. She helps clients map realistic coping plans for life transitions.
Therapy with Cathy often includes checking current strengths, setting short-term goals, and trying practical strategies between sessions. She aims for a calm, steady pace so people feel heard and can try changes without being overwhelmed.
To begin, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.