What is your name?
Cassie McCarthy
What is your title?
Trauma Therapist
What is your business name?
Cassie McCarthy, LICSW
What is your website URL?
👉 www.cassiemccarthy.com
What is your Instagram handle?
@cassie_mccarthy_therapy
What is your LinkedIn URL?
👉 linkedin.com/in/cassie-mccarthy-therapy
How long have you been a Boston Business Women member?
About a year
Where are you based? How did you end up there?
Salem, MA – her accountant suggested joining the group.
Tell us more about your company! What do you do and what pushed you to start?
Cassie helps women heal from the effects of sexual assault, abuse, and trauma through a skills-based approach to therapy, giving clients tools to improve their emotional and mental well-being.
What is your definition of success? How do you know when you’ve reached it?
Success is when clients feel more in control of their thoughts, emotions, and lives. It’s when they experience calm, safety, and trust in their relationships.
Tell us about your most transformational moment as an entrepreneur.
Witnessing client transformation consistently. Her structured, skills-based therapy allows clients to see improvements relatively quickly, which she finds incredibly rewarding.
What was one of your biggest challenges in business?
Getting her message out to those who need trauma therapy. Seeking therapy can be difficult and emotional, so connecting with clients has been a journey.
How do you handle the harder days? The struggles? Those moments when you feel like giving up?
She remembers that her work helps people heal and grow. On extra hard days, her dog provides comfort.
How has being a Boston Business Women Inner Circle member positively influenced your life + business?
“It’s exciting to join a community of women where we can support each other.”
Tell us about your most proud moment in your career.
Cassie feels proud daily, particularly when clients take brave steps like returning to school.
Who is the woman behind your business? What does she like? How does she spend her free time? What does she value?
She is passionate about helping women reach their potential by overcoming trauma. Cassie values hard work, continuing education, and balancing personal life with professional growth.
What makes you stand out from others in your field? What do you do differently?
Cassie uses a highly structured, proactive therapy approach, teaching clients the skills to improve their own well-being. Her methods are research-backed, and she routinely tracks progress so clients can see measurable improvement and long-lasting results.
Where can we keep up with you? What social media platforms do you use the most?
Facebook