About Caitlin
Caitlin Merritt is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She also supports clients dealing with trauma and abuse, parenting strains, grief, low self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and issues related to adoption and foster care. Sessions are practical and goal-focused to help with day-to-day challenges.
Caitlin uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person. She draws on client-centered methods to build a working relationship and on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and routines.
How Caitlin works
She also uses psychodynamic perspectives to look at patterns that developed over time and trauma-focused ideas when past events still cause harm. Her style is interactive and solution-oriented. Sessions often include talking through current problems, trying new coping strategies, and setting small, achievable goals.
She adapts the pace based on what feels useful and practical for each person. With five years of experience as an LPC, Caitlin has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings. That background shaped how she approaches crisis moments, everyday stress, and ongoing mood concerns.
She aims to meet people where they are and to help them find clearer steps forward. People who choose her can expect straightforward conversation, adaptable tools, and a focus on what matters most to their life right now.
Caitlin lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Caitlin works with
The areas below are the ones Caitlin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
Using different approaches in online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on building a respectful, understanding relationship. The therapist listens closely and helps people clarify their goals, which is useful for stress, low self-esteem, and life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Online sessions using CBT involve identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying new behaviors to improve mood and anxiety.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on needs, preferences, and goals. That means trying ideas, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging helps with ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules and everyday demands.
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