Mary-Catherine Nimphius, LPC - Therapist in Oregon

About Mary-Catherine

Mary-Catherine Nimphius is a Licensed Professional Counselor with ten years of clinical work based in Oregon. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and difficult life changes. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at practical tools parents and individuals can use day to day.

She uses therapies that teach skills as well as ways to shift perspective. Sessions often include tools for coping with strong emotions, improving communication, and managing overwhelming thinking.

Background and approach

The goal is clearer choices and more manageable reactions to everyday problems. Mary-Catherine brings experience with relationship and identity concerns, grief, trauma, eating and body image issues, and career or caregiver stress. She pays attention to how family patterns and past experiences affect present choices.

Conversations in session are collaborative and focused on what the client wants to change. Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and mindfulness practices. Those methods are used in simple, concrete ways rather than as abstract theory.

Clients leave sessions with specific steps to try between meetings. She offers multiple online session formats to fit busy schedules, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Mary-Catherine commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - which focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. CBT helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practices small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT - which teaches willingness to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while taking actions that match personal values. ACT can help with life transitions, identity questions, and motivation issues.

Choosing the right method is a team effort. Mary-Catherine will discuss your goals and preferences and recommend approaches that fit your situation. That process often includes trying tools from different methods and adjusting as you learn what helps most.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy families and individuals. Video calls let you preserve face-to-face interaction while avoiding travel. Phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide shorter, more frequent ways to check in and practice new skills. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, school, and parenting schedules while keeping the focus on steady progress.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Mary-Catherine address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and body image concerns, career stress, and related areas listed in her profile.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on skill-building, clearer decision-making, and short-term steps clients can use between meetings.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has ten years of experience working with a range of emotional and life challenges.

What credentials and location does she have?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - and practices in Oregon with license details WI LPC 6504 - 125 and OR LPC C5806.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Also works with

Abandonment
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Body image
Career difficulties
Caregiver issues and stress
Co-morbidity
Communication problems
Compassion fatigue
Coping with life changes
Dissociation
Eating and food-related issues
Eating disorders
Family conflicts
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Gender dysphoria
Grief
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Impulsivity
Intimacy-related issues
Isolation / loneliness
LGBT
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Parenting issues
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Relationship issues
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Trauma and abuse
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 10 years
Licensed: Oregon, Wisconsin
Languages: English

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