About Catherine
Catherine Gentry is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who uses collaborative, person-focused approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and depression. She frames therapy around each person’s strengths and goals. Catherine emphasizes practical steps and steady support as people work toward clearer direction and greater confidence.
She draws on therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to offer concrete skills for everyday challenges.
How Catherine works
Sessions also reflect client-centered and attachment-informed thinking to honor personal values and relationships. Catherine helps people learn coping skills, notice unhelpful patterns, and make choices that match what matters to them. Her work includes supporting people dealing with addiction, codependency, dissociation, and the effects of sexual assault and abuse.
She also addresses grief around abandonment, feelings of emptiness, workplace stress, and questions about life purpose. Catherine uses evidence-based techniques alongside attentive listening to tailor each session to what a person needs right now. With five years of experience as an LPC, she focuses on building a strong therapeutic relationship while teaching tools to reduce symptoms and increase functioning.
Sessions are intended to be practical, with homework when it helps and pacing that matches the client’s readiness. People who choose Catherine can expect a respectful, straightforward approach that centers their goals. She encourages small, manageable steps and stays focused on what will be most useful in daily life.
Catherine lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Catherine works with
The areas below are the ones Catherine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that reflect personal values. It is often useful when someone feels stuck or unsure about what matters most in life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to anxiety or depression. It offers clear, actionable exercises to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and how early connections shape feelings about closeness and trust, which can help when attachment issues, codependency, or abandonment feelings are present.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will explore your situation, goals, and preferences and collaborate on which methods to try first. Plans can be adjusted over time as progress and needs change so the approach fits your life and pace.
Confirm current session options before booking to learn which formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten commute time, and allow for brief check-ins when needed. It also makes it easier to continue work between sessions with digital worksheets and homework that support the skills learned in sessions.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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