A Therapist for Professional Helpers
Therapists carry the weight of other people’s lives every day, and that work shapes us in ways we can’t ignore if we want to stay effective, grounded, and human. In my 40 years of practice I have worked across county systems, inpatient hospitals, agencies, and private practice. I have worked with children, families, adults, veterans, people navigating substance use, and clients involved with child welfare and the justice system. I understand how easily responsibility turns into depletion if we don’t have a protected space of our own. Therapy for helping professionals isn’t a luxury; it’s part of an ethical, sustainable practice and essential for maintaining balance, clarity, and longevity in this profession. At this stage in my career, my purpose is to use these final years of practice to support and strengthen other clinicians, helping you integrate your work into your life in a way that keeps you effective, wise, and fully present—for yourself and for the people you serve.
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The therapeutic relationship is an essential part of the process, and finding the right match matters. Please book a free 30-minute consultation to see if working together is a good fit.
Only a limited selection of appointment times are available online. If you email me directly at CatherineCiampaLMFT@gmail.com, I can offer additional day and time options.
About Me
My career has included working at Child Protective Services, Public Health, inpatient and outpatient substance abuse facilities, teen group homes, youth treatment centers, foster/adopt agencies, Los Rios Community College and Chapman University. I traveled as a Trainer of Trainers throughout California and have supervised many interns and newly licensed clinicians.
I have been serving children, teens, adults, couples, and families in my private practice for over forty years. During that time, I have worked extensively with a wide range of therapeutic approaches, including narrative therapy, art-based methods, Jungian and existential frameworks, solution-focused work, CBT, DBT, psychodynamic therapy, and treatment of complex trauma. This eclectic approach has shaped a steady and nuanced therapeutic style that is relational and person centered.
Through all of this, I’ve become attuned to the quiet burdens that helping professionals carry - the emotional residue, the responsibility, the self-scrutiny, and the isolation that often goes unseen. The decades have taught me a practical perspective and have left in me a deep commitment to the integrity of the helpers who come along side to ease burdens of others. I am dedicated to providing space for clinicians to be fully human, to integrate their work with their lives, and to deepen their practice beyond what technique alone can offer.
