Catherine Harris

Catherine Harris is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who helps people struggling with attention, follow-through, and self-doubt. She focuses on practical steps that build confidence and daily momentum. Her work is straightforward and goal-oriented, aimed at getting results that fit real life.

She uses clear, hands-on strategies to understand how a person’s mind works and then sets up systems to support follow-through. Sessions often look like active coaching with experiments, check-ins, and small adjustments rather than long talks about the past. That approach is meant to reduce daily friction and make progress easier to keep.

Catherine has spent 18 years in the mental health field, including roles mentoring clinicians and leading programs. That background shapes the tools she brings to sessions and her emphasis on approaches that work in everyday settings. Her experience includes private practice and larger mental health program leadership.

Her specialties include ADHD, executive functioning, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, trauma and compassion fatigue. She also addresses body image, communication problems, isolation, life purpose, and workplace issues. She frames goals around realistic routines, clearer communication, and sustainable habits.

In sessions she blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Client-Centered and Mindfulness approaches. The aim is practical change: clearer goals, better routines, and stronger self-trust. Catherine works from Illinois and offers services in English.

Approaches that guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and commit to actions that reflect their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low motivation, and building consistent daily habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to clarify what truly matters and find internal motivation to make changes, often helpful when someone feels stuck.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions are collaborative, with adjustments made as progress and needs become clearer.

The original biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also lets people try tools and routines in the same environment where they live and work, so strategies can be tested and refined between meetings.