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Catherine Pettus, LCSW
Arkansas
LCSW - Stress and Anxiety
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Attachment work
- Mindfulness skills
About Catherine
Catherine Pettus is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Arkansas with 15 years of experience. She works with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, low self-esteem, and help for people managing life changes.
She uses clear, practical methods in sessions. Conversations focus on what is happening now, how thoughts and habits affect feelings, and small steps that can change daily routines. Catherine draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-focused ideas, and client-centered listening to guide the work.
Clients who come for grief, caregiver strain, or struggles with shame and guilt will find an emphasis on concrete coping skills and steady feedback. She also addresses relationship concerns tied to abandonment, communication problems, codependency, and boundary or control issues. Sessions may include skill practice, problem-solving, and looking at patterns from family of origin or past relationships.
Catherine has experience supporting people coping with aging and geriatric issues, divorce and separation, and feelings of isolation or purposelessness. She has worked with survivors of emotional, sexual, and physical abuse and helps with forgiveness and rebuilding trust in oneself. Practical strategies are mixed with attention to attachment needs and present-day functioning.
Her approach keeps discussion focused and goal-oriented while still allowing time to talk through painful memories. She asks direct questions, suggests experiments to try between sessions, and reviews what worked. To get started a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a first session.
How her approaches translate to online work
CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments. It helps with anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, and patterns that keep problems going by teaching practical skills to change thinking and routine.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape expectations and emotional responses. It helps people understand why certain relationship patterns repeat and gives tools to try different ways of connecting and setting boundaries.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes attentive listening and responses that reflect the client's goals. It supports people who need space to make sense of difficult feelings while deciding what changes to try next.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to emphasize and how to pace skill practice or experiments between sessions.
Confirm which session formats she currently offers before booking, as the biography does not list formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a workday, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. They also let people try behavioral experiments in their normal environment and then review what happened in session.
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Arkansas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include abandonment, caregiver stress, codependency, and family of origin issues.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and interactive, emphasizing clear skills, problem-solving, and direct discussion about thought and behavior patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience as a practicing clinician working with a range of concerns across the lifespan.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Arkansas and provides services from that state.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted at this time.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Please check the platform for the formats she currently offers.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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