Catherine McLaughlin, LCSW

Catherine McLaughlin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York with 23 years of experience. She focuses on stressful life events, anxiety, addiction, grief, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and trauma-related issues. Catherine writes plainly and works with practical problems that affect daily life.

She uses several evidence-informed approaches to help people manage symptoms and make changes. These include client-centered work that keeps the person's goals central, cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behavior, mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity, motivational interviewing to clarify readiness for change, and psychodynamic ideas to look at recurring patterns.

Catherine has background in private practice and as an LCSW working with the New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse. That history includes work with people involved in substance-related legal matters and many years helping people cope with addictions and mood disorders.

In sessions she takes a straightforward style and will mix practical skill-building with reflective conversation. She can outline steps to reduce anxiety, support relapse prevention, or work through grief and relationship conflict. She uses humor when it helps and keeps ethics and professional standards central to her work.

People who come to her are often dealing with major life changes, caregiver stress, communication breakdowns, or longstanding patterns like codependency or anger. The focus is on concrete change and clearer day-to-day functioning.

How her approaches fit into online sessions