About Mary
Mary Phillips is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 25 years of experience practicing in Minnesota. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety and those coping with depression. She also supports individuals facing family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges.
Her approach centers on creating an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about their thoughts and feelings. She emphasizes being heard and validated as a core part of healing.
Background and approach
Conversations are practical and aimed at understanding patterns that keep problems going. Mary helps people identify small, workable changes they can try between sessions. She encourages self-reflection and the use of positive practices that fit into everyday life.
The work is collaborative - clients set goals and Mary helps map steps toward them. She also addresses related concerns such as communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and workplace stress. When trauma or loss is present, she takes a steady, respectful pace and pays attention to safety and trust.
Sessions are tailored to what each person needs, whether that means short-term problem solving or longer-term emotional work. Mary describes therapy as an investment in the person, aimed at helping them feel better about themselves and their relationships.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Mary uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on helping people manage anxiety and stress and on processing trauma when it is present. One common approach is short-term skill building that teaches breathing, grounding, and coping strategies to reduce immediate anxiety symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning. Another approach focuses on emotion-focused discussion and reflection to help people understand patterns, process painful experiences, and reduce feelings of shame or self-blame.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary works with each person to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She starts by listening, then suggests practical steps and checks in to see what helps and what to adjust together.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, which helps with emotional processing. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to get support between sessions, share quick updates, or work through brief exercises without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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