- Practical coping skills
- Warm listening style
- Goal focused work
About Cathi
Cathi Brisart, LCSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and difficult life changes. She offers steady support for mood struggles, relationship tensions, parenting worries, and concerns like codependency and family conflict. Her tone is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at people who need practical help right now.
She focuses on clear, achievable steps in sessions. Cathi listens first, then works with each person to set simple goals. She draws on methods that help change unhelpful thoughts, build emotion skills, and improve communication. Sessions are aimed at making daily life feel more manageable.
Cathi trained in Connecticut and has been practicing for 12 years. She holds the LCSW credential, which is listed as CT LCSW. Her experience includes helping people navigate trauma, grief, depression, bipolar challenges, and caregiver strain such as compassion fatigue.
In the room she uses a mix of client-centered conversation, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, emotionally-focused work, and mindfulness. That mix is adapted to what an individual needs that week. Cathi tends to favor practical exercises and small experiments to try between sessions.
Her work is suited to people dealing with abandonment, blended family issues, body image, cancer-related concerns, and co-occurring conditions. She also supports folks facing isolation, guilt, forgiveness issues, and career stresses. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching form and schedule a session based on availability.
Approaches that guide online work
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and test the thoughts that feed anxiety and low mood. It emphasizes practical experiments and small behavior changes to shift daily routines and reactions.Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. It includes hands-on techniques for managing intense feelings and improving interactions during heated moments.
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting therapeutic relationship. The therapist follows the person's lead and supports them in finding their own answers and strengths.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That collaborative process helps find what feels most useful.
Confirm the current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use mindfulness or skill practice in the moment between responsibilities. Ask about session scheduling and format when you complete the matching form.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Credentials
Connecticut
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Cathi supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, parenting worries, trauma and abuse, bipolar concerns, and codependency among other focus areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a straightforward, listening-first approach and works collaboratively to set small goals and practical steps between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working with a range of mood, trauma, and family-related concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed as CT LCSW and practices in Connecticut.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin sessions?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.