Cathi provides individual and relationship therapy in Medford, Oregon and surrounding areas and online therapy to those within the state of Oregon. Specializing in relationship therapy, Cathi works with those who are seeking improvements in communication or connection and those in relationship distress.
Cathi is a gender and sexually-affirming clinician, a CNM, polyamory, BDSM, and kink-aware provider who operates a judgment-free office and will continually press to create an environment and a culture where Black Lives Matter. Cathi is currently completing her post-doc in somatic sex therapy, studying how the brain and body are intricately interwoven and work together to help cultivate a life of embodiment, empowerment, and sexual health.
In your relationship perhaps you know it could be stronger, healthier, and better and are looking for strategies to improve your relationship before more serious problems arise. Or perhaps your relationship with your significant other feels "stuck"; you are no longer talking with each other as you once had, you are arguing more often, feeling detached, and cannot see how or when things will improve.
Treatment includes methods for partners to feel heard and understood and eventually prompt direct improvements in communication, problem-solving, and building resiliency in your relationship. As an individual, you may find that your racing thoughts hit you where it hurts most, often affecting your quality of sleep, which can then lead to making you feel "on edge", irritable, or "moody", having difficulty concentrating, facing relationship challenges, communication difficulties, hopelessness, or helplessness.
Daily stressors that build upon chronic stress can increase anxiety and depression symptoms, reduce energy and motivation, and ultimately stand in the way of developing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle and healthy relationships. Cathi uses evidence-based practices targeting thoughts and behaviors to manage stress better, improve relationships, and cultivate a healthy lifestyle. Cathi has been trained in Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy an empirically supported treatment for couples, under the tutelage of co-founder, researcher, and theorist, Dr.
