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Caitlyn Schmidt

Compassionate counseling grounded in practical tools

LPC Alabama

Experience
9 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Caitlyn

Caitlyn Schmidt is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Alabama with nine years of clinical experience. She works with people facing a wide range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, stress, and challenges tied to relationships, family life, and careers.

Background and approach

Caitlyn emphasizes practical support and emotional empowerment while collaborating with clients to navigate both everyday difficulties and more complex issues like trauma, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her approach blends evidence-informed techniques with a warm, client-centered attitude that values each person’s goals and pace.

Caitlyn helps clients explore communication and control issues, discover life purpose, and strengthen self-love, with attention to topics often meaningful to women and young adults. She frames mental health care as an essential part of wellbeing and aims to support clients through change by offering encouragement, validation, and concrete strategies to manage symptoms and improve functioning.

Practical Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors. It offers concrete strategies to manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress, and mood-related concerns by teaching skills for coping, problem solving, and shifting perspectives.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the individual’s experience and priorities, creating a collaborative space where the therapist listens closely, reflects understanding, and supports clients in finding their own solutions. This approach is especially helpful for building self-awareness, confidence, and motivation during life transitions or relational challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Caitlyn works with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She uses an exploratory and collaborative stance to tailor interventions, combining skill-based CBT techniques with a client-centered emphasis on empathy and personal values.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for scheduling and lets clients fit care into busy lives. These formats make it easier to access licensed professionals from home or work, sustain continuity during life changes, and use different communication styles to suit comfort and therapeutic goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Caitlyn commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, low self esteem, anger, relationship and family problems, career struggles, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and ADHD, along with related issues like communication and control problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines a client-centered stance with cognitive behavioral tools, focusing on collaboration, validation, and practical strategies to help clients reach their personal goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Caitlyn brings nine years of clinical experience working with individuals facing a broad range of emotional and interpersonal challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in Alabama; provided licence identifiers include AL LPC LPC04170 and AZ LPC LPC-21893.
Which languages does she offer therapy in and is she available internationally?
Sessions are conducted in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered for online care?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and preferences.
How is pricing handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin therapy with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Communication problemsControl issuesFamily problemsLife purposeSelf-loveWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Experience

9+ years

Licensed

Alabama, Arizona

Languages

English