Catherine Eccles , LICSW

Catherine Eccles is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts. She brings 14 years of clinical experience to her work and aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and difficulties related to self-esteem and addictions.

Her approach is practical and down-to-earth. She helps people notice how patterns affect daily life and offers clear tools to address those patterns. Sessions can be used to set specific goals or simply to have a steady, listening presence when talking feels like the main need.

Catherine draws on client-centered work to build a trusting relationship where people feel heard. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. Mindfulness and solution-focused strategies are used to make change feel manageable and focused on what matters now.

She has experience across a range of settings, including work with adolescents in residential programs, group homes for adults with serious mental illness, and community outreach. That background informs a practical style: clear, straightforward support and resource-focused problem solving.

Catherine also pays attention to issues that commonly affect women, including caregiver stress, communication challenges, and social anxiety. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose the format that fits their life.

Approaches that fit online care

Catherine uses client-centered work to create a respectful, listening space where people feel understood. This approach focuses on the person's own goals and preferences and helps build motivation to try change.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. CBT offers simple, practical exercises to test new ways of thinking and to change actions that increase stress or anxiety.

Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, life circumstances, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to emphasize listening, skill-building, mindfulness, or short-term goal work and then adjust as progress is made.

Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video lets people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone can be a lighter lift when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for short check-ins, homework support, or when writing helps express thoughts. These options give flexibility so people can match the format to the work they want to do online.