Meet Catharine
I am originally a New York native and grew up in a small Jewish community right outside of Rochester, New York. I'm very down to earth and bring my authentic self into the therapy room.
I'm a 30-something, queer therapist and am deeply committed to women and men’s mental health. I identify as an intersectional feminist and find particular joy and great meaning in working with depression, anxiety, and sexual trauma. I have been in the mental health field for 10 years.
What makes me human is my love and need for a good cup of coffee at the start of my day, uneasiness with profound change, and deep affection for my two lovely dogs Farah and Stamos.
I'm a 30-something, queer therapist and am deeply committed to women and men’s mental health. I identify as an intersectional feminist and find particular joy and great meaning in working with depression, anxiety, and sexual trauma. I have been in the mental health field for 10 years.
What makes me human is my love and need for a good cup of coffee at the start of my day, uneasiness with profound change, and deep affection for my two lovely dogs Farah and Stamos.
Therapy With Me
I intertwine creative therapies with talk therapy to pull from the conscious and unconscious mind. I feel grateful to accompany clients on their journeys and witness positive transformations throughout life's ebbs and flows. I'm down to earth, and greatly enjoy building true connections with clients.
In my practice, I believe that with empathetic, supportive guidance anyone can overcome great obstacles and reach the goals they envision achieving. I work from an intuitive, somatic, and expressive framework to spur healing and change from within.
I currently work at Havn Collective, a holistic group therapy practice located in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. I am trained in EMDR, Expressive Art Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, Play Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy.
In my practice, I believe that with empathetic, supportive guidance anyone can overcome great obstacles and reach the goals they envision achieving. I work from an intuitive, somatic, and expressive framework to spur healing and change from within.
I currently work at Havn Collective, a holistic group therapy practice located in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. I am trained in EMDR, Expressive Art Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, Play Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy.
EMDR
EMDR is a profound therapy modality that alleviates distress associated with unpleasant or traumatic memories. Traumatic memories are stored maladaptively in our brains and cause generalized or off set reactions, such as the belief "I'm always unsafe". EMDR helps those memories that are dysfunctionally stored to get processed in an adaptive way so the unwanted memories bear less emotional charge and are incorporated into the whole psyche.