Catherine Ladd, LCSW

Catherine Ladd is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina with ten years of experience in hospice care and private practice. She focuses on grief and loss, including anticipatory grief, and treats anxiety while also supporting people dealing with low self-esteem, relationship concerns, and stress management. Her clinical background includes working with a wide range of life transitions and caregiving issues, and she brings that experience to each therapeutic relationship.

Her approach to counseling is relaxed, open, and compassionate, creating a judgment-free environment where clients can explore their challenges. Catherine draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused therapy, selecting and adapting techniques to match each person’s goals and needs. As an LCSW she combines clinical training in social work with hands-on experience in end-of-life and community settings to address both emotional and practical aspects of adjustment.

Catherine frames reaching out for help as a brave step toward better coping and wellbeing. She collaborates with clients to develop realistic strategies and supportive change, with the aim of helping individuals move toward a more fulfilling and manageable life.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem. It is practical and skills-focused, useful for managing symptoms and building new coping strategies.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented style that helps individuals explore ambivalence and strengthen their own motivation for change. It can be a helpful approach for career decisions, caregiving challenges, or making life adjustments where commitment and confidence are needed.

Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes building on strengths and finding practical steps toward desired outcomes. It is often brief and goal-directed, and can help with communication problems, relationship concerns, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Catherine Ladd works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and personal preferences, and licensed professionals can adapt techniques over time as priorities shift.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or mobility limitations, and they help maintain continuity of care when in-person visits are impractical. For many people, remote sessions provide a convenient way to engage in therapy while balancing other responsibilities.