Catherine Surovy , LPC, LCPC

Catherine Surovy is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) based in Montana with 13 years of experience supporting children, teens, and families. She has held counseling and leadership roles serving Medicare families and has provided care in both residential and outpatient settings for at-risk youth. Her clinical background includes working with young people who have experienced significant trauma and who are navigating systems such as DCS and probation.

She uses a relational and systems-oriented approach to help young people develop a stronger sense of identity, build self-confidence, and strengthen connections with caregivers and community. Catherine integrates trauma-informed cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior approaches, and motivational interviewing to meet the needs of youth facing intense stressors. A core part of her work is partnering with caregivers to provide psychoeducation and practical support that improves communication, relationships, and responses to challenging behaviors.

Committed to helping families find renewed perspective and meaning, Catherine focuses on restoring connection and fostering resilience. Her areas of focus include stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, parenting and caregiver support, grief and loss, addictions, anger, self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and related challenges. As an LPC and LCPC she brings clinical training and hands-on experience to guide families toward sustainable change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Catherine Surovy often integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) along with attachment-based strategies to address the concerns families bring to therapy. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to improve coping with life changes. DBT teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and enhancing interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful for anger, emotional regulation, and relationship difficulties. Attachment-based work looks at relationship patterns and helps caregivers and youth build safer, more secure connections that support healing from trauma and relational stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Catherine collaborates with clients and caregivers to determine which methods best fit their goals, preferences, and needs. She combines clinical assessment with client feedback to adapt approaches over time so therapy stays relevant and effective.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit care into busy schedules and to access support from home or other convenient locations. These formats provide flexibility for families, allow ongoing caregiver involvement when helpful, and make consistent engagement possible even when in-person visits are challenging.