Therapist profile
Catherine Diosdado, LCSW
New Mexico
Licensed clinical social worker - relationships and mood
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, New Mexico / C-08596
- NPI
- 1689811689
- Experience
- 14 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- New Mexico
About
- Attachment-based work
- CBT strategies
- Mindfulness tools
About Catherine
Catherine Diosdado is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New Mexico with 14 years of clinical practice and a longer history as a social worker. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship strain, and family concerns. Catherine also addresses issues such as adoption and foster care, blended family difficulties, codependency, communication and control problems, and guilt or shame.
She uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She also draws on client-centered methods that keep the person's perspective central. Cognitive behavioral strategies are used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behavior.
Sessions focus on concrete goals and skills. Catherine helps people notice how they show up in relationships and practice changes that feel manageable. She uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing tools when they fit the moment and the person's goals.
Her approach treats the person as the expert on their life while offering structure and techniques to reduce distress. She helps people set boundaries, shift people-pleasing habits, and manage overwhelm one step at a time. Catherine pays attention to family of origin issues and how those patterns repeat in adult relationships.
Clients who start with her complete a short matching process and then schedule an initial session. Therapy topics often include coping with past trauma, navigating separation or divorce, and working through blended family stress. Catherine conducts sessions in English and practices in New Mexico.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can be a place to notice those patterns in real time and try new ways of relating. Client-centered work keeps the person's experience in focus and uses listening and reflection to build on existing strengths. Cognitive behavioral therapy identifies thought and behavior patterns and practices small experiments to test new responses, which can be worked on between sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with the person to decide which combination of methods fits their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaboration can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, or remove travel time so people can schedule around work or caregiving. Licensed professionals often use the same therapeutic tools online as in person, adapting exercises and homework so they work in everyday life.
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
New Mexico
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family concerns, and related issues like codependency and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
She blends attachment-based, client-centered, and cognitive behavioral approaches with mindfulness and motivational interviewing to focus on practical skills and clearer relationship patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of clinical practice as an LCSW plus additional years working in social work roles prior to clinical practice.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New Mexico and conducts practice from that state.
Can I work with her if I live in another country?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current options before booking to know whether sessions are by video, phone, or another format.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.