Cathy Heaps-Stetson, LMHC
Calm, experienced counselor for life changes
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Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Cathy
Cathy Heaps-Stetson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with almost 30 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, anger, and other life changes. Cathy uses a calm, empathetic style and listens carefully to each person’s concerns.
She approaches counseling in a person-centered way, giving space for clients to find their own answers while offering gentle guidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of her work, helping people notice and change unhelpful thoughts.
Background and approach
She also uses mindfulness and relaxation techniques to reduce reactivity and increase emotional awareness. Her background includes counseling people facing serious illness, loss, and major life transitions. That experience informs how she supports grief, caregiver stress, and adjustment to change.
Cathy emphasizes practical steps clients can try between sessions to build new habits and coping skills. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort. Cathy offers reflective listening and asks direct questions when needed to help identify barriers.
She aims to create a respectful space where people can try out new ways of thinking and behaving. People working with her often focus on improving sleep, eating patterns, relationships, or work-related stress. Cathy also addresses longer-term patterns such as family of origin issues, codependency, and control problems.
Her approach mixes short-term problem solving with deeper exploration as needed.
What Cathy works with
Everything Cathy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Cathy's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Cathy lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-centered work focuses on listening and supporting each person to find answers that fit their life. In sessions Cathy offers reflective listening and encourages people to set their own goals, which helps when managing anger, grief, or major life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change thoughts that lead to distressing emotions or behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, sleep or eating concerns, and persistent patterns like control issues; online sessions often include homework and short exercises to try between meetings.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness and relaxation practices that reduce reactivity. These techniques can be practiced during or after video or phone sessions to help with stress, compassion fatigue, and emotional regulation.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, try strategies together, and adjust the plan over time to fit needs and preferences. This teamwork helps clarify which methods feel most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video suits sessions that benefit from face-to-face interaction, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows brief check-ins, and messaging is useful for short updates or tools between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress moving forward.
Questions people ask about Cathy
What concerns does Cathy commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, anger, and coping with life changes, as well as relationship and family-related issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Cathy uses a person-centered style combined with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness. Sessions focus on listening, practical steps, and helping clients test new ways of thinking.
How much experience does she have?
She has almost 30 years of experience counseling and supporting people through grief, illness, and major life transitions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.