- Client-Centered Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Works in English and Russian
About Lea
Lea Cattan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York with 20 years of professional experience. She helps people with stress, anxiety, intimacy-related concerns, parenting challenges, career issues, and coping with life changes. Lea works in English and Russian and accepts international clients.
Lea’s style puts the person’s experience first. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen closely and follow what matters most to each individual. She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand and shift patterns in close relationships and personal feelings. Sessions focus on clear, practical conversation rather than jargon.
Her background across two decades includes supporting people through relationship strain, separation and divorce, attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family adjustments, and caregiving stress. She also addresses body image, chronic illness and pain, and the stresses that come with career transitions and parenting pressures.
Lea treats commitment issues, codependency, communication problems, control struggles, dependent personality challenges, and work through the effects of adoption and foster care. She offers straightforward help for coping after natural or human-caused disasters and for aging and geriatric concerns connected to family roles.
In sessions she emphasizes listening, helping clients name what matters, and trying approaches that fit the person’s life. People who are navigating early adulthood challenges - leaving home, first jobs, relationships, and identity questions - often contact her for support. To begin, clients follow the listed intake steps to book an initial session.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters to the client. In practice this means the therapist asks open questions, reflects back what she hears, and helps people clarify goals. This approach is useful for addressing stress, career decisions, and parenting questions.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and change unhelpful emotional patterns, especially in close relationships. EFT guides clients to notice emotional triggers, name underlying needs, and try new ways of relating. It can help with intimacy concerns, attachment issues, and communication problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lea will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and together you’ll decide which ideas to try. That collaboration makes it easier to adjust methods if something isn’t fitting.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it simpler to fit therapy around study, work, or parenting responsibilities. They also allow for shorter check-ins when days are busy, or audio-only conversations when bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises from these approaches to work well in remote sessions, and Lea will help choose what fits your schedule and communication style.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English, Russian
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, intimacy-related issues, parenting and career concerns, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment, abandonment, body image, and divorce.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Lea uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow the client’s agenda and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address patterns in relationships and feelings. Sessions emphasize clear listening and practical conversation.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional work experience supporting people with relationship, career, parenting, and life change challenges.
What credential and region are listed?
She is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor, listed as LMHC in New York, and practices from New York.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Russian.
Does she accept clients from other countries?
Yes, international clients are accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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