Catherine Diosdado, LCSW

Catherine Diosdado is a licensed clinical social worker in New Mexico with 14 years of professional clinical experience and 25 years working as a social worker across different settings. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and depression, drawing on long experience supporting clients through challenging life moments.

She approaches therapy from a strength-based perspective, believing that each person is the expert of their own story and already carries resources that can be mobilized to address what is getting in the way. Catherine combines practical clinical skills with an emphasis on individual strengths to help clients build coping strategies and work toward their goals.

Recognizing that beginning therapy often takes courage, she aims to create a supportive environment where clients feel seen and guided as they take that first step. As an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she brings clinical training and years of practice to tailor care to each person’s needs and circumstances.

Catherine works collaboratively with clients to identify priorities, explore patterns, and develop tools for handling everyday stressors and deeper emotional concerns, always honoring the client’s perspective as central to the process.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Catherine commonly uses Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in her work. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape emotional patterns and can help people understand and change how they relate to others. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client’s own perspective and strengths, creating space for self-directed growth and clearer decision making. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing practical strategies to manage symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Catherine works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors techniques to the individual rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model, and she adjusts the plan as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage with licensed professionals, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, maintain continuity of care, and access consistent support from a distance while working toward meaningful change.