Therapist profile
Catherine (Cate) Beaton, LCMHC
LCMHC counselor - Family and parenting focus
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- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and EMDR
- Parenting support
About Catherine
Catherine (Cate) Beaton is an LCMHC licensed counselor in Vermont with 15 years of clinical experience. She began her career as a paramedic and later completed a Master’s Degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology and an Educational Specialist Degree in School Psychology. Cate lists stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting, career concerns, compassion fatigue, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief, anger, self-esteem, mood disorders and related challenges among her focus areas.
Cate’s early work as a paramedic shaped how she thinks about distress and coping. She writes plainly about the impact of trauma and the ways everyday life strains people and caregivers. In practice she combines structured methods with a person-focused stance to help people manage symptoms and make choices that fit their lives.
She has spent years supervising clinicians and leading programs, which informs how she supports clients who are also caregivers or people in helping roles. That background means she often notices workplace stress, compassion fatigue, and the pressure of juggling roles at home and work.
Cate uses several evidence-based approaches such as cognitive behavioral work and acceptance-based methods, and she also offers EMDR for trauma-related concerns. Sessions tend to focus on concrete skills, values-based decision making, and processing difficult memories when that is needed.
Her style is straightforward and practical. People contact her about parenting strain, blended family issues, attachment concerns, postpartum mood issues, and the challenges of early adulthood. To begin, prospective clients use the site questionnaire and schedule an initial appointment to see if her way of working fits their needs.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches used online and how they help
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical skills and structured ways to test thoughts.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, known as ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions in that direction. It combines acceptance of difficult feelings with values-based behavior change and can help with parenting stress, career decisions, and life transitions.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a method used to process traumatic memories. When appropriate, it can help reduce the hold of distressing experiences and make daily life feel more manageable.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cate will discuss options with each person and make decisions together based on goals, symptoms, and preferences. That collaborative process may include trying a skills-focused plan, ACT-informed steps, or trauma processing if needed.
Confirm the session options before booking because the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy life - it can reduce travel, allow shorter check-ins during a work break, or avoid needing to be on camera when that helps. Ask about specific session arrangements when you schedule to match the format to your daily routine.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Vermont, New Hampshire
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Cate works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting, career matters, compassion fatigue, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, mood disorders, and related issues.
How does she approach therapy?
She combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance-based methods. EMDR is also available for trauma processing when appropriate.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of clinical experience, including a background as a paramedic and a decade of clinical supervision and leadership.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCMHC licensed counselor practicing in Vermont and holds a Master’s Degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology plus an Educational Specialist Degree in School Psychology.
Does she work with non-English speakers or international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking so you know whether sessions are by video, phone, or another method.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
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