Catherine Kunin, LCSW

Catherine Kunin is an LCSW with four decades of practice supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and major life transitions. She brings a calm, practical presence to sessions and aims to help clients find clearer ways to cope and make decisions.

She has worked with people across many settings over forty years, offering crisis intervention, advocacy, and community outreach as part of her earlier roles. That background means she is familiar with real-world systems and the kinds of barriers people face when they ask for help.

In sessions she focuses on concrete steps clients can try between meetings. That may include communication strategies, tools for managing panic or anxiety, and ways to reduce isolation. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, pain, and aging-related concerns in day-to-day life.

Catherine pays attention to how workplace stress, social anxiety, or changing family roles affect mood and behavior. She helps clients clarify priorities, set boundaries, and plan next steps when life feels overwhelming. Discussions are aimed at practical relief rather than abstract theory.

Her long experience includes working with clients in crisis and conducting outreach to community resources. Those skills inform a collaborative style where the client’s goals guide the work. People who want steady, experienced support for coping with health-related changes or life transitions may find her approach useful.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Catherine draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize practical change. One common approach focuses on teaching skills to manage anxiety and panic by practicing breathing, grounding, and gradual exposure to feared situations; this helps reduce panic attacks and improve daily functioning. Another approach centers on communication and problem-solving to address relationship strain and workplace or family conflicts; that work involves role practice, clearer boundary setting, and planning small behavior changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client review goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan when needed. This collaborative process helps match methods to each person’s needs and preferences rather than relying on a single fixed model.

If you are interested in online therapy options, confirm the current session formats before booking since they are not listed here. Online care can make scheduling easier and reduce travel time, and some formats allow shorter check-ins or sessions that better fit a workday. Talk with the therapist during the matching process about what will fit your routine and goals, and she will help identify the most practical way to proceed.