- Family conflict
- Anger management
- Parenting stress
About Catherine
Catherine Geniti is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 18 years of professional experience. She supports adults facing family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting difficulties, anger, and self-esteem struggles. Her work also touches on adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, and related emotional themes.
She views each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to draw on. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps rather than jargon. Catherine helps people talk through what is happening, notice patterns, and try out different responses to difficult situations.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She listens, asks questions that uncover what drives strong reactions, and suggests small, doable changes to habits and thinking. This can include learning ways to express frustration without escalation and practicing new responses in daily life.
When trauma or painful past events are present, Catherine balances attention to safety with helping people understand how those events affect current feelings and relationships. She also addresses guilt, shame, and challenges around forgiveness in concrete terms so people can move forward at a pace that fits them.
For parents and caregivers she offers practical strategies to reduce stress and manage difficult family dynamics. She helps people rebuild self-esteem and nurture self-love after painful experiences. To begin, readers are asked to confirm current session options before booking.
Approaches and how online sessions fit them
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used to address anger and related concerns. One common approach focuses on identifying triggers and changing unhelpful reaction patterns through practical exercises and rehearsal. This helps people respond differently in tense moments and reduces the frequency of losing temper.Another useful technique centers on processing past painful events and their ongoing effects. This approach looks at how trauma or abuse shapes current feelings and relationships, and works step by step to reduce those impacts while building coping skills.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is revisited over time as progress and life circumstances change.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the available options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let people try out different session lengths or rhythms to find what works best for handling anger and family stress.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
18+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, anger, and self-esteem concerns. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, blended family issues, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and self-love.
How would you describe her therapeutic approach?
She uses a practical, collaborative approach that looks for a person’s strengths. Sessions focus on talking through patterns, setting clear goals, and practicing manageable changes.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 18 years of professional experience working with adults on family, trauma, parenting, anger, and self-esteem issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and practices from New York.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are used for sessions?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled and how do I start?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.