Catherine DeShetler, LCSW-C

Catherine DeShetler is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience in Maryland. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and issues around addictions and anger. Her approach treats clients as the experts on their own lives and starts with listening to what matters most to them.

She works with people who struggle with focus, concentration, and memory concerns. Catherine also supports those facing life transitions like midlife challenges and changes tied to aging or blended family dynamics. Practical everyday problems such as workplace stress, money worries, and seasonal mood shifts are part of her caseload.

Catherine emphasizes strengths people already hold. Sessions tend to look at small, doable steps that build toward clearer goals. She encourages clients to name priorities and then tests what helps in real life, adjusting as needed.

Her experience includes helping people cope with caregiver stress and the fallout from natural or human-caused disasters. Substance use and recovery conversations are handled in a straightforward way that focuses on personal values and next steps.

She offers a calm, steady presence for people who want a more satisfying routine and better emotional balance. If you are thinking about starting therapy, she asks simple questions first and helps you choose practical strategies that fit your daily life.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online care

Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical change and coping skills. One common approach teaches people how to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more balanced thoughts; this can ease anxiety and depression by changing how daily situations are interpreted. Another helpful approach centers on building small behavioral changes - scheduling pleasant activities, adjusting routines, and testing new ways of handling stress to improve mood and focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to match techniques to their goals, preferences, and life demands. Together they try methods, notice what helps, and shift course when needed so treatment fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week. It can reduce travel time and let people meet from wherever they spend most of their day. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm current session options before booking. The main practical benefit is flexibility - therapy can be scheduled around caregiving duties, work breaks, or other commitments to support steady progress.