Catherine Desponett
Supportive, skills-based therapy for change
LMFT Colorado
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Catherine
Catherine Desponett is an LMFT who blends practical, skill-based therapies with compassion to help people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma, depression, and major life changes.
Background and approach
With ten years of clinical work in Colorado, she focuses on building clear, achievable strategies rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside complementary approaches to support emotional regulation and strengthen interpersonal functioning. Clients encounter a steady, collaborative style that balances problem-solving with attention to values and resilience.
Her practice integrates techniques that target patterns of thinking and behavior while also attending to attachment dynamics and acceptance-based coping. Catherine draws on DBT skills for distress tolerance and emotion regulation, and on ACT principles to help clients clarify what matters to them and take committed action toward those values.
She frames therapy as a cooperative process, designing individualized plans that respond to each person’s history, strengths, and present goals. Catherine brings a nonjudgmental, strengths-oriented presence to the work while helping people move from reactive survival patterns toward more intentional living.
Online Approaches that Combine Skills and Values
Many clients benefit from a mix of structured, evidence-informed methods and acceptance-focused work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and offers practical tools to change patterns related to anxiety, depression, and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes noticing inner experience, clarifying values, and taking committed action toward a meaningful life, which can be useful for coping with life transitions and persistent distress.Attachment-Based Therapy explores relationship patterns and early bonds to improve current connections and emotional security. These approaches are described and tried collaboratively so the therapist and client can determine which strategies fit best for the person’s goals and preferences. The clinician supports clients in experimenting with techniques and adjusting the plan over time rather than imposing a single method.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. This range of formats allows clients to access therapy from home or while balancing work and family responsibilities, and makes it easier to maintain consistency in care when life is busy or circumstances change.
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Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Colorado
Languages
English