About Cathleen
Cathleen Lilavois is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York. She brings four years of clinical therapy experience to her practice and focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns. She works with people who are coping with low self-esteem and burnout from caring roles, often described as compassion fatigue.
Cathleen also attends to mood-related difficulties, including seasonal shifts in mood and broader mood disorders.
How Cathleen works
She helps clients facing isolation, problems with communication, and challenges tied to attachment and abandonment. Cathleen has experience supporting people connected to adoption and foster care and those navigating disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, among other concerns. She approaches sessions with the belief that each person knows their story best and brings strengths to the work.
Therapy sessions focus on drawing out those strengths and building steps forward that make sense for daily life. Her style is straightforward and supportive. Cathleen helps people set practical goals and tries to keep the process clear and manageable.
She welcomes questions and works collaboratively to find approaches that fit each person’s goals and circumstances. People who choose her often want focused help with emotional regulation, clearer communication, and rebuilding self-worth. Sessions aim to be a place to talk through immediate problems and to build tools for longer term change.
What Cathleen works with
The areas below are the ones Cathleen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Evidence-based techniques and how they work online
Many effective therapeutic approaches use clear, structured steps to help people manage emotions and change unhelpful patterns. One common technique focuses on practical skills for managing stress and anxiety. It teaches breathing, grounding, and simple behavioral changes to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve day-to-day functioning.Another approach centers on trauma-informed care and safety. This involves slow, paced work to help people name difficult memories, reduce their intensity, and regain a stronger sense of control over reactions. It can be useful for those recovering from abuse, neglect, or abandonment-related wounds.
Finding the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and comfort level, and will adjust the plan as therapy progresses.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people see facial cues and use a full conversation format, while phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be a quicker check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short updates and flexible communication between sessions. These options provide practical flexibility for people juggling work, parenting, and other responsibilities.
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