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LPC, LCPC

Catherine Surovy, LPC, LCPC

  • Experience13 years
  • LocationMontana
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Catherine

Catherine Surovy draws on an Internal Family Systems-informed approach alongside evidence-based methods to help people navigate stress, trauma, and relationship challenges. She blends person-centered listening with cognitive and acceptance-based strategies to create practical tools for everyday life.

Background and approach

Catherine holds LPC and LCPC credentials and brings 13 years of clinical experience working across residential and outpatient settings. Her work has included counseling for individuals and families affected by intense trauma, involvement with child welfare and probation systems, and leadership roles serving Medicare families.

She focuses on strengthening communication, building self-esteem, and supporting coping through life transitions, addiction recovery, grief, and mood concerns. Catherine also addresses concerns such as parenting struggles, ADHD, social anxiety, and issues of guilt, shame, and isolation.

Across engagements she partners with caregivers and family members to provide psychoeducation and practical strategies that support healthier relationships and daily functioning. Her style emphasizes collaboration, emotional awareness, and concrete skills drawn from CBT, ACT, DBT, and attachment-informed work to help clients find clearer direction and greater resilience.

Integrating therapeutic models for online care

Internal Family Systems offers a way to notice and work with the different parts inside a person, helping to soften inner conflicts and heal from past wounds; this approach can be useful for issues like trauma, self-criticism, and complicated emotional responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and learning to take committed action despite difficult thoughts or feelings, which supports coping with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape expectations and patterns, guiding work on connection, communication, and relational repair.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Catherine emphasizes collaboration to determine what fits an individual's needs, goals, and preferences. She draws from multiple methods and partners with clients to tailor interventions, combining insight-focused work with hands-on skills until a practical, individualized plan emerges.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varying schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to maintain continuity of care during life changes, access therapy from home, and choose the communication style that best supports one’s progress.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Catherine works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, parenting difficulties, addictions, grief, anger, self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD. She also focuses on communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety.
How would you describe the therapist's clinical style?
The approach combines Internal Family Systems-informed perspectives with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered techniques to balance emotional exploration with practical skills. Mindfulness and DBT elements are also used to build regulation and present-moment awareness.
What is Catherine's background and experience?
She has 13 years of experience providing counseling in residential and outpatient settings, including work with at-risk youth and families, and has held leadership roles serving Medicare families.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
Catherine is licensed as an LPC and LCPC and practices from Montana. The license details provided are AZ LPC LPC-16759 and MT LCPC BBH-LCPC-LIC-81195.
What languages are sessions offered in and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available for working together?
She offers multiple online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and payment structured?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy here?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issues

Also works with

AddictionsGriefAnger managementSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Communication problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobia

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

13+ years

Licensed

Arizona, Montana

Languages

English