Catherine Pettus, LCSW

Catherine Pettus is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Arkansas. She brings 15 years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Catherine aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where people can talk about what matters most to them.

Her approach is warm and interactive. She avoids stigmatizing labels and centers each session on the person in front of her. Catherine combines attachment-focused ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and mindfulness to shape treatment plans.

Catherine has worked across a range of ages, including adults and older adults, and has supported people facing caregiver stress, loss, and family-of-origin struggles. She has experience helping people who have survived emotional, sexual, or physical abuse and those navigating relationship challenges and difficult life transitions.

Sessions are tailored to fit each person’s situation and goals. Catherine emphasizes patience, honesty, and advocacy while helping people identify practical steps forward. She helps clients build skills for emotion regulation, communication, problem solving, and healthy boundaries.

People who choose Catherine can expect collaborative goal setting and down-to-earth conversation about coping strategies and meaning. Her work often focuses on reducing distress, strengthening self-worth, and supporting people through major life shifts, including aging and geriatric issues when they arise.

How Catherine’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Attachment-Based Therapy helps by looking at how early relationships shape current reactions. It can be useful for people struggling with trust, abandonment concerns, or repeated patterns in relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is often helpful for anxiety, stress, and low mood by giving concrete tools to change thinking and actions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Catherine collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. She listens to what matters most, checks in about progress, and adjusts the plan together rather than using a one-size-fits-all method.

Confirm the available session options before booking so you know how Catherine currently offers care. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a work break, or avoid the need to be on camera when that helps. Many people find virtual work lets them practice skills in the context of daily routines while keeping consistent appointments with a licensed professional.