Catherine Desponett, LMFT
Therapy that helps rewrite difficult stories
Details
| Name | Catherine Desponett |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | Colorado |
| Licensed in | Colorado |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 10 |
About Catherine
Catherine Desponett is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Colorado with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and major life changes. Catherine aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk through what matters most to them.
Her work blends narrative thinking with practical, evidence-informed tools. She helps people separate themselves from painful stories and notice patterns that keep them stuck.
Background and approach
From there she and the client try small changes that feel doable in daily life. Catherine draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to support values-driven choices and healthier connection. She also uses client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills.
Sessions focus on clear, short-term goals alongside longer-term meaning-making. She has particular experience with abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, and blended family issues. Catherine also works with people facing aging and geriatric issues, commitment and communication problems, and several personality-related concerns.
Therapy sessions are offered in English and take place online through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Catherine asks new clients to complete a brief matching questionnaire to get started and then schedule sessions that fit their needs.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Catherine works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Catherine directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Catherine directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and ACT work well online
Catherine commonly draws on Narrative Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online work. Narrative Therapy helps people step back from unhelpful stories about themselves and see alternative ways to tell their life story, which can ease shame and blame. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and small committed actions, helping people move toward what matters even when emotions are hard.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Catherine treats therapy as a collaboration and will work with clients to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily routines. Together they review what is helping and adjust the plan as real life changes.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation without traveling. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is low or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to connect between sessions, share updates, and get brief coaching during a busy week. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health-related schedules.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Catherine works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes. She also addresses related issues like abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and communication problems.
What is her therapy style like?
She blends narrative approaches with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered techniques. Sessions tend to be collaborative and practical, focusing on small steps and clearer stories about what matters to the client.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - practicing in Colorado.
Which languages are offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their schedule and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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