About Catherine
Catherine Geniti is a licensed mental health counselor who has been practicing in New York for 18 years. She focuses on helping people manage family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, anger, and low self-esteem. She works with straightforward, practical steps and centers each session on what matters to the person in front of her.
Her approach starts by listening to each person's story and identifying existing strengths. She treats people as the expert on their own lives and builds on what is already working.
Background and approach
Sessions are aimed at making small changes that add up over time rather than quick fixes. Catherine also addresses adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and the effects of divorce and separation. She offers support around forgiveness, guilt, shame, and learning to care for oneself more fully.
Conversations focus on realistic next steps for daily life and relationships. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that map onto a client’s goals. Therapy is collaborative - Catherine helps people test new ways of responding and then adapts the work based on progress.
Her style is direct yet warm, practical yet respectful of each person’s pace. People who want clear guidance, practical tools, and steady support often find her approach useful. Catherine invites those ready to try a different path to consider what small changes could make daily life easier and more meaningful.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used to help people address specific problems in clear ways. One common approach focuses on identifying patterns in thoughts and behaviors, then practicing small changes that reduce anger and improve self-esteem. This method helps people notice what triggers reactions and try new responses step by step.Another approach emphasizes processing and recovery after trauma by creating a steady, paced plan for talking about difficult memories and learning coping skills. It aims to reduce distress over time and strengthen everyday functioning. Both approaches are straightforward and geared to practical outcomes rather than abstract theory.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to match techniques to their goals, needs, and preferences. That means testing methods, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as progress happens.
Online therapy makes these methods more accessible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels important. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a tight schedule. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, shorter conversations, or ongoing notes between sessions. Together these formats give flexibility so people can use whatever works best for their life and routine.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English