As a clinician, my role is to compassionately walk alongside you to help discover and get to know what lies underneath the roadblocks that hold you back. I serve as an open and curious guide, tailoring my approach to what best serves you on your unique journey. I am informed and trained in IFS, IPNB, Coherence, AEDP, and attachment work. I draw from these modalities in an integrated way and always with the aim of providing a sacred space for you to vulnerably be witnessed, understood, and supported. People I work with describe feeling comfortable, cared for, safe, accepted, understood, and accurately seen in the therapeutic relationship and in our work together. I seek to fully understand and feel into your experience. We slow way down together, exploring and tracking your thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, mental images, and any impulses that arise as you share your story. This process- within the safe and affirming context of our relationship – leads to understanding and self-compassion, which then supports change, growth, and healing.
Cathy Delgado Standerfer, LPC Associate
- Work best with: Adults, Couples, Various Relationship Structures (such as open/ethically non-monogamous/poly), LGBQT+ Community
- Appointments: Both in-person and telehealth
- Manage Medications: Provides therapy and collaborates closely with our psychiatry team for medication management, available through internal referral if needed.
We all long to feel connected, known, and loved. And when we don’t, it can create tremendous suffering. In response to our pain, we adapt and learn ways to cope- ultimately seeking to make intolerable feelings tolerable. But our coping strategies disconnect us from who we truly are and come at a high cost. I offer a therapeutic lifeline that empowers you to claim your inherent worth and inner knowing. I deeply respect and want to nurture the wisdom you hold inside yourself. You may worry that you are too flawed, but together we can rediscover your worthiness and the inherent beauty within you.
People I work with wish to get to the root of their suffering, and this involves befriending the parts of you that may be difficult to acknowledge or understand. I provide a sacred space for healing that is tailored to you. Working experientially, I integrate IFS, IPNB, Coherence, and AEDP approaches to meaningfully and deeply investigate your inner world,
I invite you to connect if you’d like to explore working with me toward more ease and joy. I’ll accompany you as you uncover your way back to your core Self- meaning, who you were before the trauma and pain necessitated strategies that created further suffering. The special bond built in the therapeutic relationship can be a beautiful pathway to healing.
Credentials
Education
Certifications and Memberships
In-network and Self Pay
Insurance Accepted
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Cigna/Evernorth
- Medicare
- Partners Direct Health
- Sana Benefits
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialities
Anxiety, Trauma and PTSD, Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Anxiety
- Attachment Trauma or Insecurity
- Childhood Abuse or Neglect
- Fear of Rejection
- Lack of Emotional Awareness
- Not Happy or Satisfied with life
- Open Relationship / Polyamory
- Self-Esteem / Negative Self-Talk
- Shame
- Shyness / High Sensitivity
- Social Anxiety
- Women's Issues
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic (AEDP)
- Attachment-based
- Coherence Therapy
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Eclectic
- Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)
- Relational Life Therapy
- Somatic
Locations
Client Focus
- Age Groups Served: Adults, Elders
- Participant Types: Individuals, Couples
- Language Spoken: English, Spanish