About Catherine
Catherine Kunin is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She works with individuals on relationship concerns, parenting challenges, self-esteem, and coping with change. Catherine practices from New York and conducts sessions in English.
Over her long career she has worked in many settings and provided crisis intervention, advocacy, and community outreach. That background shaped a hands-on style focused on practical problem solving and steady support.
How Catherine works
Catherine draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address both immediate problems and longer term patterns. She helps people who face aging and geriatric issues, chronic illness or disability, and persistent pain. She also assists those dealing with workplace stress, social anxiety, panic attacks, and seasonal mood changes.
Catherine pays attention to communication problems, control issues, impulsivity, and feelings of isolation. Sessions typically focus on clear goals and doable steps. Catherine uses straightforward conversation to identify patterns and try small changes that add up.
She also supports people exploring life purpose and the transition into young adulthood. People meet her to get practical tools for everyday life and steady support through hard moments. Her experience in advocacy and community work informs how she helps clients navigate systems and find resources when needed.
What Catherine works with
The areas below are the ones Catherine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How evidence-based techniques work online
Catherine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and coping strategies. These approaches involve looking at current patterns, setting clear goals, and practicing small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety, manage panic, and improve daily functioning. She also employs problem-focused methods that help people handle life transitions, workplace stress, and chronic health challenges. This approach breaks larger problems into specific steps and skills that can be practiced between sessions to build momentum and confidence. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That teamwork helps tailor sessions so practical tools fit into everyday life. Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls are useful when visual cues and a deeper conversation matter. Phone sessions can fit into a commute or a break and need less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for short check-ins, quick strategy updates, or when someone prefers writing over talking. These remote formats make it easier to keep regular appointments and try new skills between meetings while working with a licensed professional.Start online instead of waiting
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