Catalina Kay
Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions
LPCC Minnesota
- Experience
- 29 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Addictions, Relationship, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Languages
- English
About Catalina
Catalina Kay is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) who draws on nearly three decades of clinical work to help people navigate significant life challenges. Her practice emphasizes practical, skills-based interventions and personal strengths to address issues such as addictions, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, and motivation.
Background and approach
She also supports clients facing trauma, grief, bipolar-related challenges, and hospice or end-of-life concerns. Kay approaches therapy from a collaborative stance, treating each person as the expert on their own story while offering structured tools to foster change.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) informs her work, providing concrete strategies for shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Whether clients are coping with sleeping or eating struggles, parenting stress, anger, or career transitions, she aims to help them build confidence and practical coping skills.
Recognizing that taking the first step toward change requires courage, Kay focuses on creating an encouraging and goal-oriented process. Her Minnesota licensure and extensive experience support a steady, pragmatic approach that balances empathy with evidence-informed techniques.
CBT and Online Care for Practical Change
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is central to her online practice and focuses on identifying and reshaping thoughts and behaviors that contribute to distress. This approach uses practical exercises and goal-setting to address depression, anxiety, sleeping or eating difficulties, and problems with motivation and self-esteem.
In practice she emphasizes collaborative treatment planning, helping clients choose approaches that fit their needs and preferences. The therapist works with each person to decide which techniques to try and adjusts strategies over time based on progress and goals.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving clients options to match their schedules and communication styles. These formats can make it easier to access consistent support during life transitions, for ongoing skill practice, or when in-person visits are difficult. The variety of session types allows clients to use structured CBT work or more conversational check-ins depending on what helps at the moment.
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Experience
29+ years
Licensed
Minnesota
Languages
English