Cathy Henderson, LPC

Cathy Henderson is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 35 years of experience in Texas. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. She brings a calm, respectful presence to sessions and aims to make the first step easier for anyone new to therapy.

Her approach starts with listening. She builds a plan around each person’s needs instead of using a one-size-fits-all method. Sessions are conversational and practical, with clear steps to try between meetings.

Cathy uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She also practices client-centered therapy that emphasizes the person's own goals and pace. Mindfulness techniques are added when helpful to manage strong emotions and reduce repeated worry.

She has worked with issues that often accompany addiction, including codependency, family of origin concerns, and communication problems. Cathy also supports people facing guilt, shame, abandonment wounds, and feelings of isolation.

In sessions she focuses on skills people can use right away, such as stress management tools, behavior changes, and clearer communication strategies. Her style is steady and direct while remaining compassionate. She encourages small, manageable steps and checks progress regularly.

How Cathy’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s goals and pace, with the therapist following the person's lead and responding with respect and empathy. It helps when someone needs space to talk things through and decide what feels important to change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and the behaviors they lead to, and then practice new ways of thinking and acting. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and patterns that maintain addiction or low self-esteem.

Mindfulness Therapy adds simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and manage strong emotions. These techniques are practical and can be practiced between sessions to lower stress and improve focus.

Figuring out the best combination of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and comfort level, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good when face-to-face interaction helps build connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people stay consistent with brief updates or daily reflections. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.