Cate Biddinger

By Staff February 11th, 2008

Therapist Bio

Cate Biddinger, MA, LLPC, BSN, RN, BC, CCM
Is a Professional Counselor, a Registered Nurse certified in psychiatric and mental health nursing and a Certified Case Manager. Cate owns Noeticus Counseling Services LLC. The word Noeticus comes from the Greek word which means "to perceive". Cate believes every change in perception is a miracle!

Cate has over 16 years in the mental/behavioral health field, providing services inpatient, community mental health and in-home. She is a member of the American Counseling Association.

Cate's counseling focus: 

• Personality strengths, finding meaning in life.
• Choice and personal growth potential.
• Recovery from self-defeating behavior.
• Expressive art through use of mandalas.
• Mind, Body, Spirit Connection.
• Cognitive Restructuring.
• Mentoring.
• Career Identification.

Cate specializes in mandala therapy, a type of art therapy. Creating mandalas helps people in these areas:

• Self-Care - promotes healing and self-nurturing.
• Fragmented personality - organizes & integrates the self.
• Trauma - expression of conflicting thoughts & feelings, order & integration of traumatic event.
• Chaotic emotional situations - brings order & balance.
• Boundaries - forms psychological boundaries.
• Insight - provides enlightenment.
• Focus - increases concentration.
• Chatter - reprieve from negative thoughts & emotions.
• Anxiety - management of overwhelming emotions.

"As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of your own thoughts, you hold the key to every situation, and contain within yourself that transforming and regenerative agency by which you may make yourself what you will."
~ James Allen

For more information: Noeticus Counseling Services LLC • 432 Wildwood Avenue • Jackson, Michigan 49201 • 517.262.2120 • Email: Cate@NoeticusCounseling.com

Workshop: Mandala Art Forms

Friday Evenings, 7:00 - 9:00 PM | $25 or sliding scale - all are welcome! | RSVP

COME SHARE THE MYSTERY AND EXCITEMENT OF CREATING YOUR OWN PERSONAL MANDALA. RELAX AND DE-STRESS THROUGH COLOR. A mandala is a circular design that grows out of the urge to know oneself and is considered a universal form integrating various aspects of the psyche into a symbolic image of wholeness. The mandala has appeared in the art and community expressions of cultures for thousands of years. Examples of mandalas can be found as cathedral windows, Native American medicine wheels and the creations of Tibetan monks. Information on the history of mandalas, meaning of color in mandalas and instruction on creating your own mandala will be presented. Oil pastels and art paper are provided.