About Catalina
Catalina Ortiz is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida. She draws on 12 years of experience to help people facing relationship stress, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Catalina speaks English and Spanish and works with people who identify as LGBT on concerns like self-esteem, grief, and body image.
She favors practical, goal-focused work. Sessions often include short, clear steps people can try between meetings.
How Catalina works
Catalina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, Narrative Therapy, and solution-focused techniques to tailor plans that fit each person’s life. Catalina has worked in clinic and independent practice settings and has experience with culturally diverse clients. That background informs how she listens and asks questions about what matters most to each person.
Her approach centers on collaboration. Catalina treats the person as the expert on their life and offers tools, feedback, and perspective that people can use right away to make daily life feel easier. People who come to Catalina often want concrete ways to manage stress, improve communication, and cope with transitions.
She pays attention to blended family issues, caregiver stress, and communication problems while supporting broader concerns like grief and depression. Sessions are practical and down-to-earth. Catalina helps people break big problems into small, manageable steps and works with them to notice change over time.
Catalina lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Catalina works with
The areas below are the ones Catalina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
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Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
CBT and Mindfulness tools for online care
CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with small experiments. It often focuses on concrete skills for anxiety, depression, and stress like tracking thoughts and trying new behaviors.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. These techniques are useful for managing stress, emotional ups and downs, and improving focus in daily life.
Catalina treats choosing an approach as a joint process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Together they decide whether cognitive work, mindfulness practice, or narrative conversations fit best and adjust the plan over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people see facial cues and do more interactive exercises. Phone works well when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or people who prefer writing over speaking.
These formats make it easier to use therapy around work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping focus on clear goals and practical steps.
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