Cathleen McDonald, LMHC

B.A. Johns Hopkins University
M.B.A. Georgetown University
M.Ed. Bridgewater State University

Cathleen has several years experience counseling adults of all ages in individual and couples therapy as well as families in family therapy. She has experience working with clients to treat a wide range of issues which include anxiety (including panic), depression, trauma/PTSD, grief/loss, attachment/family of origin issues, life transition/adjustment issues, domestic abuse, sexual abuse, relationship/boundary issues, and parenting and/or co-parenting challenges.

She offers a warm and empathic strengths-based therapeutic style. Her philosophy is grounded in her belief that people are the experts in their own life and have the capacity to make healthy and effective choices to increase their well-being and improve their relationship with themselves, with others, and the world. Her theoretical approach is primarily person-centered with a strong emphasis on existential and psychodynamic concepts while also integrating cognitive behavioral, emotion-focused, family systems theory, and other theories/techniques depending on each client’s particular issues and needs. She is comfortable incorporating faith-based aspects into therapy for those wanting to include their spiritual beliefs as part of the therapeutic process.