About Catherine
Catherine Eccles is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts. She draws on 14 years of clinical experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, trauma, and other life challenges. She uses straightforward talk and practical tools in sessions.
Catherine focuses on identifying the patterns that keep problems going and then teaching small skills people can use right away. She also offers space to simply talk when that is what someone needs.
How Catherine works
Her background includes work in residential and community settings where she supported people with serious mental health needs and helped them live more independently. That hands-on experience informs the practical, down-to-earth approach she brings to therapy. Catherine commonly uses client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness exercises, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies.
Those approaches guide how she structures sessions and sets goals with clients. She pays attention to caregiver stress, communication struggles, control issues, social anxiety, and mood regulation concerns such as Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder. Catherine also supports people coping with major life changes, anger, bipolar symptoms, and family-related stress.
Sessions are offered in English and are delivered online through a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Catherine aims to help people build skills, notice strengths, and move toward practical change.
Catherine lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Catherine works with
The areas below are the ones Catherine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
How Catherine's Approaches Work Online
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and change small behaviors that keep problems going. It is practical for anxiety, depression, and mood symptoms because it breaks issues into clear steps to try between sessions.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so people feel understood. That approach supports people who need time to talk through feelings and to discover their own solutions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and will be collaborative. Catherine will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then use techniques that fit those needs. Adjustments can be made as therapy progresses so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging can fit quick check-ins or brief support between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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