You weren’t meant to carry it all.
Therapy can help you put it down.
I help adults explore how early family dynamics and childhood experiences shape their current relationships, boundaries, and sense of self. Together, we uncover and heal the roots of anxiety, people-pleasing, conflict avoidance, and emotional overwhelm — so you can finally feel safe, seen, and empowered in your adult life.
Who I Help:
Catherine Frias-Johnson, LMHC-DP
At Gentle Growth Mental Health Counseling, I specialize in helping adults understand how their early life experiences, family dynamics, and transgenerational patterns shape the way they show up in their current relationships — with partners, parents, children, and themselves.
Whether you're a parent navigating emotional overwhelm, someone who struggles to say no, or an adult constantly replaying old roles in new relationships, therapy can help you begin to reparent yourself, explore your inner world with compassion, and finally feel safe being your full self.
I support clients who are:
• Untangling childhood trauma or emotional neglect
• Exploring how their attachment style or birth order impacts relationships
• Breaking free from people-pleasing, conflict avoidance, or anxiety
• Healing from parentification and unrealistic family expectations
• Trying to parent differently — without losing themselves in the process
This work is warm, collaborative, and deep — rooted in emotional safety, insight, and gently challenging the beliefs that no longer serve you.
If you're ready to explore your story with curiosity and care, you're in the right place.
Areas of Gentle Growth:
Relationship Patterns and Inner Work
Explore how early roles, family systems, and unmet needs shape the way you show up in relationships today. Learn to recognize patterns, set boundaries, and honor your emotional truth.
Parenting While Healing
Support for parents and caregivers working to break cycles of emotional neglect, perfectionism, and guilt — while raising children in emotionally safe and attuned ways.
Anxiety, Overwhelm, and Emotional Burnout
Therapy for those constantly walking on eggshells, avoiding conflict, or silencing their needs. Together we’ll calm the inner noise and reconnect you to your intuition.
Trauma, EMDR, and Reprocessing
Gentle but deep work to help you process trauma, rewire old beliefs, and build new ways of relating to yourself and others — with EMDR available as part of your care.
Clinical Supervision
A collaborative space to deepen your clinical insight, strengthen your therapeutic skills, and grow with confidence. Ideal for pre-licensed therapists seeking thoughtful, supportive guidance.
Educational Webinars
Interactive and accessible learning on topics that support personal growth, relationships, and emotional well-being. Ideal for anyone curious about mental health or seeking practical tools for everyday life.
