Lea Cattan, LMHC

Lea Cattan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York with 20 years of clinical experience. She centers sessions on clients' thoughts and everyday habits to help reduce stress and anxiety. Lea encourages people to use their own strengths when facing hard moments and honors the courage it takes to begin therapy.

Lea uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a warm, listening space where people can sort through feelings and choices. She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) to help people understand patterns in close relationships, including intimacy-related concerns. Sessions focus on what matters now and on small shifts that change daily life.

Common reasons people seek her help include parenting strain, career transitions, and coping with life changes. Lea also works with a range of topics such as abandonment, attachment issues, blended family dynamics, body image, and caregiving stress. She aims to make complex problems easier to talk about and manage.

Lea speaks English and Russian and welcomes international clients. Her practice is based in New York and she brings two decades of hands-on experience to each session. She frames therapy as a collaboration where the client’s perspective guides the work.

To begin, people are invited to take a first step and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling. Lea helps clients identify practical next steps and build habits that support lasting change.

How Lea’s Approaches Work for Online Sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following what the client brings to the session. In practice this means the therapist reflects what is said, helps clarify thoughts and everyday habits, and supports people as they try small changes. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at emotional patterns in relationships and helps people notice and shift recurring interaction styles that cause distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lea will collaborate with the client to determine which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they will try techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps most in day-to-day life.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins during a work break. It can also help when someone prefers speaking from a familiar space or wants to avoid commuting. Lea will discuss practical choices and how to structure sessions so they support real changes in thinking and routine.