Cathalene Silver, LCPC, LMFT
Illinois · 30 years in practice
Cathalene Silver is a licensed clinician with 30 years of experience who focuses on systemic perspectives in therapy.
License and registration
- LCPC, Illinois
- 180002821 · expires March 2027
- LMFT, Illinois
- 166000506 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1700013331 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Cathalene
Cathalene Silver is a licensed clinician with 30 years of experience who focuses on systemic perspectives in therapy. She creates a warm, respectful space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, identity, relationships, and life transitions. Cathalene uses straightforward language and practical steps so conversations feel useful from the start.
She draws on Systemic Therapy to look at patterns between people and within systems that affect daily life. That lens helps with family dynamics, communication problems, and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to teach skills for handling painful thoughts and building behaviors that match personal values. Cathalene has extensive experience supporting people through grief, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, addiction, and career or role changes. She works with concerns such as intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, and coping with chronic illness or caregiving stress.
She also provides informed support around LGBTQ matters and identity questions. Her style is collaborative and person-centered. Sessions often include practical tools, guided conversations about attachment and boundaries, and real-world exercises to try between meetings.
Cathalene explains options clearly and helps people decide what fits their life and goals. Based in Illinois, she holds LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) and LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) credentials. Sessions are offered in English and are scheduled to suit each person’s rhythm and needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cathalene lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cathalene names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Systemic Therapy looks at how relationships and routines influence feelings and behavior. Online sessions let Cathalene map patterns across work, home, and social life and discuss how small changes in one area can shift the whole system.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. In online work this often means short skill practices, values clarification, and homework people can do between sessions to test what fits their life.
Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early and current relational patterns shape trust, closeness, and communication. Through video or phone conversations clients can work on understanding attachment styles and practice new ways of relating in everyday situations.
Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Cathalene will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, adjusting methods as the work unfolds to find the best fit.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone can fit a work break or low bandwidth moments, chat is good for quick check-ins, and messaging suits ongoing reflection and brief support between meetings.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Cathalene supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addictions, compassion fatigue, and challenges tied to career or life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses a collaborative, person-centered approach with practical tools. Conversations focus on patterns, values, coping skills, and steps to try between sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 30 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) and LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) credentials and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she works with clients located within the relevant jurisdiction.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies by location and therapist arrangement and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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