Catherine Ladd

Catherine Ladd is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina. She helps people facing grief, anxiety, stress, and major life changes. She also supports those struggling with self-esteem and relationship concerns. Her style is calm and compassionate, aiming to make the first step feel manageable.

She has spent a decade working in hospice care and private practice. That experience shaped her focus on grief and anticipatory loss, and gives her familiarity with end-of-life concerns. She also draws on that background when helping caregivers and people facing health-related challenges.

Catherine uses practical approaches in sessions. She often applies cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Motivational interviewing is used to help clients clarify goals and find internal motivation.

Solution-focused work helps keep sessions goal-oriented and action-based, so clients can try small, specific steps between meetings. Catherine adapts methods to match each person’s needs rather than following a single script. She aims for clear, achievable goals and steady progress.

Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space where concerns are named and worked through together. Catherine encourages people to treat reaching out as a positive first move. She supports them in building practical skills for everyday life and coping with transitions.

How Catherine’s Approaches Translate Online

Many of her methods lend themselves to clear, practical work in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is often used for anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem. Motivational Interviewing helps people clarify their goals and find internal motivation to make changes, which can be useful for career shifts or building new habits. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, concrete steps and on what is already working, helping clients move forward quickly with manageable actions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals and preferences and try methods that fit those needs. Together they will decide what techniques to prioritize and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow quicker check-ins when small course corrections are needed. It also supports steady, goal-oriented work between sessions so clients can try new strategies in their daily life and bring results back to discuss.