Catherine Stoddard

Catherine Stoddard is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Utah with five years of experience as a mental health therapist. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. Catherine also focuses on communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation or loneliness, and questions about life purpose.

She uses practical, evidence-based techniques in sessions. That can mean looking at thought patterns, discussing motivation and goals, and trying short-term strategies to reduce distress. Catherine aims to help clients name what feels stuck and to identify small changes that can make daily life more manageable.

In session she listens for how symptoms affect relationships and routines. She draws on methods such as cognitive approaches to notice thinking habits, motivational interviewing to clarify goals, and brief solution-focused work to try specific changes. Sessions often involve concrete steps to test different ways of coping rather than long abstract discussions.

Catherine’s background is in social work, and she brings experience from different roles in the field to her clinical work. She combines practical problem-solving with attention to the emotions behind choices. That mix is aimed at helping people move past feeling stuck and find clearer next steps in work or life.

People who are unsure what comes next often come with questions about meaning, direction, or how to stop getting pulled into old patterns. Catherine helps them notice patterns, try manageable changes, and reassess what fits now.

How evidence-based methods translate to online sessions

Many of the techniques Catherine uses focus on patterns of thinking and on testing small behavior changes. Cognitive approaches look at thoughts that fuel anxiety or low mood and teach ways to reframe those patterns so people can reduce distress and make clearer decisions. Motivational interviewing helps people clarify what matters now and build motivation for change by linking goals to everyday actions.

Brief solution-focused methods concentrate on identifying small, concrete steps that can be tried between sessions. That makes progress easier to notice and adjust. Working together, the therapist and client decide which approaches to try based on the client’s needs, goals, and preferences rather than assuming one fixed method.

The therapist will help you find the best mix of approaches through conversation and short experiments. If you’re unsure which method fits, she will explain options and collaborate on a plan. For session formats the biography does not specify which options are offered, so please confirm the current session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit meetings into busy days, allow a shorter check-in when needed, or remove travel time so sessions can happen around work or family commitments.