Catherine Desponett, LMFT

Catherine Desponett is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Colorado who uses practical, skills-based approaches to help people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on clear tools clients can try between sessions and steady support during difficult life changes.

Catherine offers straightforward help for depression, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and coping with transitions. She helps people identify patterns that cause pain and then tests small, doable changes to reduce distress. Sessions aim to be focused and collaborative, with attention to what works in everyday life.

Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside acceptance and emotion-focused methods. That mix helps with thinking habits, emotional regulation, and improving connection with others. She also uses attachment-informed ideas to look at how early relationships affect present behavior.

Over a decade of practice has given Catherine experience with a wide range of concerns, including abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and body image worries. She also supports people dealing with commitment, communication, and co-dependency challenges.

People who choose her can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental atmosphere and concrete steps to try between sessions. Catherine works with each person to set goals and measure progress, making therapy a practical part of daily life.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it breaks problems into clear, manageable steps.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take actions that align with those values, even when difficult feelings are present. It can help with life transitions, chronic stress, and building a more meaningful routine.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current reactions and connection with others, and it can help people improve communication and feel more secure in relationships.

Catherine will work together with each person to find the right mix of approaches. She treats choosing an approach as a collaborative process and adjusts methods based on the client's goals, needs, and preferences.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet: video calls for face-to-face work, phone sessions when bandwidth or movement is easier, live chat for brief check-ins, and text messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue steady progress without frequent travel.