I'm Catie Eager, a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, and Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician practicing virtually in New Jersey, Washington D.C., and Virginia. I founded Lotus Mental Health Counseling to fill a gap I kept seeing: brilliant, capable people destroyed by relationships that quietly dismantled their sense of self.
My approach is trauma-informed, practical, and strategic. We'll make sense of the dynamics that trapped you, rebuild trust in your own instincts, and develop tools that work in real moments: the family gathering, the impossible coworker, the boundary that keeps getting crossed. Healing isn't just processing the past. It's learning to protect your peace going forward. I also work with grief, particularly the complicated, compounded kind that doesn't fit neatly into other people's timelines or expectations. You deserve a therapist who understands exactly what you've been through. I do.
I believe people have a profound capacity to heal, but healing doesn't happen in a vacuum. It requires validation, compassion, and the right support at the right time. That belief isn't just clinical for me, it's personal. Every day in my own life I have witnessed and experienced both the damage that antagonistic relationships cause and the resilience that becomes possible when someone feels genuinely safe and supported. It informs everything I bring into the therapy room.
