ALTOONA, PA · TELEHEALTH STATEWIDE

Caitlynn “Caitie” Beatty, MSW, LSW

  • Licensed Social Worker
  • Works with Children from Age 6
  • MSW · PennWest Edinboro
  • Accepting New Clients

“Sometimes we just need one person who is truly there to support us.”

Caitie Beatty is a Licensed Social Worker at CPA Counseling’s Altoona office, also seeing clients by secure telehealth across Pennsylvania. She works with children from age six, teens, and adults on anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, grief, family change, eating concerns, and life transitions — bringing science, art, sports, and games into sessions to make therapy fit the person in it.

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No program commitments
13 insurance plans accepted
Children from 6, teens & adults
Telehealth available statewide
Children, teens & adults

WHO CAITIE WORKS WITH

Who she’s for

Caitie works with children from age six, teens, young adults, adults, and families. Women, men, and college students. In person at Altoona or by telehealth.

1

Children, from age six.

Caitie sees younger children than anyone else in the practice. Work at that age does not look like sitting and talking, which is exactly why she builds sessions around science, art, sports, and games — whatever the child is already interested in.

2

Families in the middle of change.

Her background spans school settings, child advocacy centers, family therapy programs, crisis services, and an acute partial hospitalization program. When something has just happened at home, that range means she has probably seen the shape of it before.

3

Adults who feel stuck.

Her own list: major changes at home, difficult relationships, emotional ups and downs, anxiety, grief, ADHD, eating struggles, or simply feeling stuck. She says plainly that she enjoys working with people who are open, curious, and ready to take a meaningful step.

why work with Caitie

One person who is truly there

Her own words: life can be difficult, and sometimes we just need one person who is truly there to support us — and she strives to be that person. That is a statement about presence rather than technique, and it is the thing she leads with.

What brings people in

A child who has changed and nobody can say quite when. A loss that has not moved. Anxiety that runs the school day. A diagnosis that explained a lot and solved nothing. Or a family in the middle of something it did not choose.

How she actually works

Safe, welcoming, and engaging — her three words, and the third is the unusual one. Caitie builds sessions around what the client already cares about, which is how therapy stops being something done to a young person and starts being something they take part in.

What gets different

Confidence, recognized strengths, and movement toward healing — the three she names. She describes herself as a guide alongside her clients rather than an authority above them, which matters most with teenagers who can tell the difference.

HOW CAITIE WORKS

Six approaches, built around you

Therapy is personalized to each client’s needs, interests, and goals — her stated approach, and interests is the word doing the work. The method gets chosen; what it gets built around is whatever the person already engages with.

  • CBT
  • DBT
  • Family Systems
  • Person-Centered
  • Strengths-Based
  • Trauma-Informed

1

When the thinking is the problem

CBT and DBT for anxiety, low mood, and emotions that arrive faster than thinking does. Concrete skills, taught in a form the person will actually use — which for a nine-year-old looks nothing like it does for an adult.

2

When it runs through the family

Family systems work for patterns that belong to the household rather than one person in it. Caitie sees children, teens, and adults, so a family can often be supported from one place instead of coordinating across several.

3

When you need the room to feel safe first

Person-centered and strengths-based work, trauma-informed throughout. You set the direction, and the starting point is what already works rather than a list of what does not. With younger clients and after something difficult, that order matters more than the technique.

CONDITIONS TREATED

What Caitie treats – who Caitie sees

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Trauma
  • ADHD
  • Grief & Loss
  • Family Issues
  • Children & Adolescents
  • Life Transitions
  • School / Academic
  • Eating Concerns
  • Self-Esteem
  • Anger Management
  • Children (from age 6)
  • Teens & Adolescents
  • Young Adults
  • Adults
  • Families
  • Individuals
  • Women
  • Men
  • College Students

For younger children

From age six — youngest in the practice

Caitie works with children from age six — younger than anyone else here. Her background in school settings, child advocacy centers, and crisis services sits behind that, and her own bachelor’s in art informs the creative approach she brings to sessions.

“Sometimes we just need one person who is truly there to support us.”

CARE PHILOSOPHY

Safe and welcoming. And actually engaging.

Caitie puts it plainly: life can be difficult, and sometimes we just need one person who is truly there to support us. She strives to be that person by creating a therapeutic space that feels safe, welcoming, and engaging.

Engaging is the part most pages leave out. She brings science, art, sports, games, and each client’s own interests and hobbies into sessions, which is what makes therapy meaningful to a child rather than something they endure for fifty minutes.

She describes herself as a guide alongside her clients, helping them build confidence, recognize their strengths, and move toward healing and growth. Therapy is personalized to each client’s needs, interests, and goals — not a program they are placed into.

ABOUT CAITIE

A guide alongside you

Caitie Beatty helps children, teens, and adults make sense of life’s twists and turns — whether that is major changes at home, difficult relationships, emotional ups and downs, anxiety, grief, ADHD, eating struggles, or simply feeling stuck.

She sees herself as a guide alongside her clients, helping them build confidence, recognize their strengths, and move toward healing and growth. She enjoys working with people who are open, curious, and ready to take meaningful steps toward positive change.

Her clinical experience spans school settings, child advocacy centers, family therapy programs, crisis services, and an acute partial hospitalization program. That range informs a creative, engaging, and compassionate approach, and it means she has worked with young people at the hardest points.

Life can be difficult, and sometimes we just need one person who is truly there to support us. Caitie strives to be that person, bringing science, art, sports, games, and each client’s own interests into sessions. She holds an MSW from PennWest Edinboro, a bachelor’s in Social Work from Chatham University, and a BS from The Art Institute, and sees clients at the Altoona office and by telehealth across Pennsylvania.

CREDENTIALS & TRAINING

DEGREE

MSW · Social Work

PennWest Edinboro

CERTIFICATIONS

LSW · Licensed Social Worker

ALSO TRAINED

BSW Chatham · BS The Art Institute

FOCUS

Children & Teens · Grief · ADHD

IN PRACTICE

Children from age 6

Altoona · Telehealth

IN NETWORK

Cigna · Optum/United · Highmark BCBS · Geisinger · Aetna · Magellan

WPEE · ComPsych · Carelon · Medicare · Highmark PA Medicare · Aetna Medicare

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Youngest Clients

Altoona & Telehealth

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Sessions Built Around You

Science, art, sports & games

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Personalized Care Plans

No program commitments required

CONDITION GUIDE

Therapy guides from Caitie Beatty

  • Patient Zero

    Mental Health

    What Taylor Swift Teaches Us About Parasocial Connection

    Why millions feel they truly know someone they’ve never met — the psychology of parasocial connection, when it’s comforting, and when it’s telling you something.

  • woman lost in thinking about to do items shown on the image

    Anxiety

    When Anxiety Starts Making the Rules

    Anxiety rarely announces itself as anxiety — it arrives as good judgment, feeling like being careful, responsible, or thinking ahead, and by the time you notice, it may have been making your decisions for years. OCD is mostly internal: intrusive thoughts, mental checking, rumination, reassurance-seeking. Both respond well to treatment.

  • Accessibility

    Information

    CPA Counseling Accessibility Statement

    Our commitment to an accessible website — WCAG 2.1 AA, keyboard operability, high contrast — and a direct contact if you encounter any barrier.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Questions about working with Caitie Beatty

What new clients ask most often before their first session.

Caitie is a Licensed Social Worker who works with children from age six, teens, young adults, adults, and families on anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, grief and loss, family issues, life transitions, school and academic stress, eating concerns, self-esteem, and anger, drawing on CBT, DBT, family systems, person-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-informed approaches.

From age six. Work with a six-year-old looks nothing like work with an adult — less sitting and talking, more doing, and more involvement from parents. Her background in school settings is what makes that work.

It means sessions are built around what you already care about. Caitie brings science, art, sports, games, and a client’s own hobbies into the work. For a child or teenager that is often the difference between therapy being something done to them and something they participate in — and it tends to be where the real conversations happen.

Yes. Caitie is accepting new clients at the Altoona office and through telehealth across Pennsylvania. She is in network with thirteen plans including Cigna, Optum/United, Highmark BCBS, Geisinger, Aetna, Magellan, and several Medicare plans. Request an appointment online or call 412-439-1416.