atherine Burton was born in Sacramento, California, but her roots and genealogy are planted South of San Antonio in the Mustang Desert, the home of the King Ranch. She is a 5th generation member of an old pioneer Texas family that helped settle that desolate ranching and oil field country. After graduating from Alice High School, she attended Trinity University in San Antonio and Southwestern University in Georgetown.

n 1985, Catherine Burton enrolled in the School of Psychology at the University of Texas at Dallas. After graduating, with a B. A. in Psychology, she entered a masters program at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. After graduation from SMU with a M. A. Degree in Psychology, she gained extensive experience at a psychiatric hospital, working with sexual trauma victims, court ordered sexual offenders and alcohol and drug dependent patients. At the hospital, she also worked in an adult psychiatric unit with patients suffering from depression and anxiety disorders, thus accumulating diverse therapeutic experience.

day, Catherine presently works with individuals, couples, singles and families in a highly successful private practice with offices in Plano and Southlake, Texas. She is dedicated to empowering those in her practice and is gifted in assisting them in developing their highest potential. In addition, she conducts seminars and workshops on her innovative divorce recovery program.

atherine Burton lives in Dallas, TX with her husband Barry and treasures many good childhood memories with her family and friends.