About me

Counseling is about understanding you.

The decision to seek counseling takes courage. If you are here, that means you are at a cross-road. Counseling can give you the confidence to approach that cross-road. It can help you address obstacles, create positive relationships, learn ways to develop better insight and create healthy coping mechanisms.

I am both a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Nationally Certified Counselor. I graduated summa cum laude from NSU in Mental Health Counseling. I have owned my own private practice based in Central Florida for the last 9 years. When not counseling, I teach workshops, run groups, and organize parenting and couples retreats. Prior to becoming a counselor, I was a secondary school teacher. I have 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in the classroom and counseling setting.

I have years of experience working with a range of issues, disabilities, and diagnoses. I have specialized training in anxiety/stress disorders, OCD, CBT, group counseling, addictions (motivational interviewing), depression, LGBTQ issues, family and couples therapy, parenting, children/adolescents, grief, reality therapy, and creative therapies (art, music, play).

I try to always provide a therapeutic environment emphasizing mutual trust, honesty, and insightful dialogue. The therapeutic relationship is key and my style is interactive, collaborative, eclectic, and supportive.

Specialties

  • Stress, Anxiety
  • LGBTQ+
  • Self esteem, Motivation
  • Depression
  • Coping with life changes
Also experienced in:
Relationship issues , Family conflicts , Trauma and abuse , Intimacy-related issues , Parenting issues , Anger management , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coaching , ADHD , Abandonment , Aging and Geriatric Issues , Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Years of Experience: 12

Services offered


  • Messaging

  • Phone

Licensing

FL LMHC MH13109

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Cathy Stokes. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Regain might be different.

Written on Mar 03, 2023 after therapy with Cathy for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship

Kathy is brilliant, she has a lot of expertise, is a good listener and offers practical guidance, highly recommend!

Written on Oct 01, 2022 after therapy with Cathy for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship

Couldn’t have asked for a better therapist

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