Catherine Desponett, LMFT
Colorado · 10 years in practice
Catherine Desponett is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Colorado.
License and registration
- LMFT, Colorado
- MFT.0002794 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1982410296 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Catherine
Catherine Desponett is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Colorado. She draws on Systemic ideas to see how relationships and patterns shape how someone feels and copes. Her work focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and major life changes.
Catherine uses practical methods from several proven approaches. She blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered techniques to help people notice what matters most and take small steps toward it.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize clear skills for managing difficult feelings and improving communication. She has ten years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns. That background includes helping people who face chronic illness, caregiver stress, adoption and foster care issues, body image worries, and grief around aging and cancer.
Catherine pays attention to how past losses and attachment patterns affect present relationships. In sessions she helps clients identify values, set realistic goals, and try behavior changes between meetings. Work is collaborative - clients set the pace and priorities.
Practical tools are paired with attention to emotions and relationships so progress feels grounded and relevant. Catherine aims to create an affirming, nonjudgmental space where people can explore strengths and challenges. She supports clients as they build new habits, strengthen connections, and navigate life transitions with clearer direction.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Catherine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Catherine names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Systemic ideas focus on patterns between people and within daily routines. In online sessions this means noticing how relationships and roles affect stress, mood, and communication, then testing new ways of interacting that fit a client's life.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where motivation and meaning are central. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds influence current trust, closeness, and conflict. It helps people understand repeating patterns and try different ways of relating to others.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest methods to try together. That decision is collaborative and may shift as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face from a distance. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a break during the day. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, between-session support, and people who prefer typed communication. These options aim to make scheduling and access more flexible while keeping the focus on practical change and relationship patterns.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Catherine commonly address?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include attachment issues, caregiver stress, body image, chronic illness, and adoption and foster care topics.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered. She combines Systemic thinking with ACT and CBT tools to help people clarify values and practice concrete skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Catherine has ten years of clinical experience working with a broad range of emotional and relational concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Colorado.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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