- Client-Centered Therapy
- DBT skills training
- Motivational interviewing
About Catherine
Catherine Goss is an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor practicing in Montana with 15 years of experience. She works with people carrying stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship pain, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting challenges, self-esteem issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related concerns such as guilt and shame.
Catherine uses a client-centered approach that prioritizes active listening and acceptance. She offers steady, direct listening and gentle reflection so people can make clearer choices about how to act and respond. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to help manage overwhelming emotions and reduce impulsive behaviors.
In sessions she practices motivational interviewing to explore what matters most to each person. That means asking practical questions, listening for values, and helping people set small, realistic steps they can try between meetings. She describes her role as a collaborator who notices strengths and setbacks without judgment.
Catherine has experience working with people facing addictions and co-occurring mental health concerns. She helps clients identify patterns that keep problems repeating and then practices new responses together in session.
People often come for help with shame about past actions, difficulty controlling impulses, or loneliness after life changes. Catherine frames the work as learning specific skills alongside honest conversation about feelings and choices.
How Catherine uses Client-Centered and DBT work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on careful listening and reflecting what you say. The therapist supports you in naming your feelings and values so you can decide on your next steps. This approach is useful when guilt or shame has made it hard to trust your own judgment.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for handling strong emotions and reducing impulsive actions. It includes practices for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and better interpersonal choices. Those skills often help when shame leads to avoidance or when impulses lead to behaviors you later regret.
Finding the right approach is part of the first conversations. Catherine will work with you to test what helps and adjust the focus based on your goals and preferences. That collaboration means trying practical steps, checking what worked, and shifting methods when needed.
Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. Licensed professionals use this flexibility to help people practice skills in real life and then reflect on what changed in the next meeting.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Montana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and trauma issues, depression, parenting strain, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related areas including guilt and shame.
How would she approach guilt or shame from past events?
She uses client-centered listening and motivational interviewing to understand how the feeling fits into your life, and DBT skills to manage intense emotions when they arise.
How much experience does she bring?
Catherine has 15 years of experience working in the mental health field with people facing addiction and co-occurring concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor practicing in Montana.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.