Cathy Richardson Brown
Compassionate, practical support for life’s challenges
LICSW Massachusetts
- Experience
- 25 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Anger
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Cathy
Cathy Richardson Brown offers compassionate therapy rooted in practical skills and a respectful, person-centered stance.
Background and approach
With a career in social work spanning 25 years and licensure as an LICSW, she draws on long experience in clinical and community settings to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, trauma, and other life challenges. Her work blends client-centered listening with evidence-informed techniques so individuals can build coping strategies that fit their everyday lives.
Prior to independent practice work, Cathy’s background includes roles in child protective services, inpatient psychiatric units, residential programs, crisis response teams, and community health centers. Those varied settings shaped her ability to respond to crisis and long-term concerns alike, and she often weaves practical problem-solving with exploration of personal values.
She welcomes people seeking support for issues such as depression, grief, addictions, eating concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, parenting difficulties, anger, and self-esteem struggles. Cathy approaches therapy as a collaborative process and aims to learn alongside each person she meets.
She is based in Massachusetts and provides services in English, and accepts international clients for online work.
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care
Client-centered therapy focuses on empathic listening and creating an accepting environment so clients can explore feelings and values at their own pace; it is often helpful for people seeking a supportive space to process life transitions or relationship stresses. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns and learning practical skills to change them, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress management, and certain behavioral concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Cathy aims to work collaboratively to determine what fits best. She and the client will consider the person’s goals, preferences, and responses to different techniques, adapting the balance of client-centered support and CBT-informed strategies as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing people to engage from different locations and at varied times. These options can make it easier to maintain continuity of care while fitting sessions into a busy life, and they provide multiple ways to practice skills between meetings.
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Experience
25+ years
Licensed
Massachusetts
Languages
English