Caitlin Merritt, LPC - Therapist in Tennessee

About Caitlin

Caitlin Merritt is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She welcomes questions about parenting, relationships, grief, trauma, and issues like ADHD or bipolar mood concerns. Caitlin writes plainly and listens carefully so clients feel heard from the first conversation.

Her sessions tend to be practical and interactive. She uses clear goals and steps, then adjusts them as progress is made. Caitlin draws on cognitive-behavioral tools to address unhelpful thinking and on psychodynamic ideas to understand patterns that repeat over time.

Background and approach

She earned a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling and has experience in both inpatient and outpatient clinical settings. Caitlin has worked with many people on parenting problems, career issues, body image, and adoption or foster care topics. Her background also includes training in trauma-focused care.

Caitlin approaches therapy in a collaborative way. She asks about what matters most, agrees on priorities, and together they try different strategies. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings as well as on the conversation that happens in the room.

Her office is based in Tennessee and she provides services in English. With about five years of clinical work, she aims to make therapy concrete and understandable for people looking for steady, realistic change.

Approaches that translate to online therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it breaks problems into smaller, manageable steps.

Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes listening and supporting the person’s own goals. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so clients can better understand what they want and how to move toward it.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Caitlin collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She adapts tools and plans as progress is made so the treatment remains useful and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls let people meet face-to-face from home, phone sessions can be easier when screens aren’t preferred, and live chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins or shorter interactions. These formats make it possible to practice skills between sessions and keep momentum when life gets busy.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Psychodynamic Therapy

Exploring how earlier relationships and patterns still shape the present, often over a longer stretch of time. It relies on conversation and reflection rather than exercises.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Caitlin address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, coping with life changes, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, self esteem, career issues, bipolar and ADHD. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, body image, communication problems, mood disorders, LGBT matters, and young adult issues.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is practical and interactive with a strong emphasis on collaboration. Sessions focus on clear goals, skills to use between sessions, and regular check-ins about what is or isn’t working.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Caitlin has five years of experience working as a psychotherapist in both inpatient and outpatient settings. That background informed her work with a wide range of concerns listed above.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with license TN LPC 5757 and practices in Tennessee.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to allow different ways to meet based on preference.

How are costs handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Anger management

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 5 years
Licensed: Tennessee
Languages: English

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