Mary Pulscher, LMHC

Iowa · 30 years in practice

Mary Pulscher uses Jungian ideas alongside client-centered work to help people find meaning and move forward.

License and registration

LMHC, Iowa: 00687 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1962756791 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 30
Languages: English

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About Mary

Mary Pulscher uses Jungian ideas alongside client-centered work to help people find meaning and move forward. She is Mary Pulscher, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with thirty years of experience in clinical settings. She listens closely and helps people name what feels wrong so they can take small, practical steps forward.

Her practice focuses on common but painful issues. People come for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem.

Background and approach

She also helps people facing addictions, bipolar challenges, career stress, anger, and major life changes. Mary draws on both Jungian Therapy and psychodynamic thinking to look at patterns that repeat in life. She combines that with client-centered care and solution-focused techniques to set immediate, achievable goals.

Motivational interviewing is used when someone needs support toward behavior change, such as with substance use or managing attention differences. She has worked with concerns that include family strain, caregiver stress, chronic illness and disability, and issues around attachment, abandonment, and codependency. Mary also addresses body image, communication problems, dissociation, and the impacts of natural or human-caused disasters.

Sessions are offered in English from Iowa and she accepts international clients. Her background aims to help people who want practical strategies and a chance to understand deeper life patterns. If someone prefers an approach that balances insight with action, she may be a good match.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Self esteem
Depression
Addictions
Family conflicts
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Mary names

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Online support

Combining Jungian insight with practical online care

Jungian Therapy in her online practice helps people look at patterns, symbols, and recurrent themes that show up in life. This approach can be useful for people who want to understand deeper sources of distress and recurring relationship or career patterns.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the individual's experience by offering empathic listening and support. It aims to help people feel heard and to build confidence in their own choices. Motivational Interviewing is used when someone wants help making a change; it uses guided conversation to strengthen motivation and practical steps toward goals.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary works with each person to identify which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences, and adjusts the plan over time based on what helps most.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls are good for deeper conversations and visual connection, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does Mary help with?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, addictions, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes among other emotional challenges.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style blends Jungian Therapy and client-centered work with solution-focused and psychodynamic ideas to combine insight with practical steps.

What is her clinical background?

Mary has thirty years of clinical experience working across many emotional and behavioral concerns and long-term care settings.

Where is she based and what are her credentials?

She practices from Iowa and holds the LMHC credential listed as IA LMHC.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what suits the person.

How does payment or cost work?

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

How do I begin working with her?

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