Leslie Mulligan , LCMHC, LCPC

Leslie Mulligan is a seasoned therapist based in Maine with 24 years of clinical experience working with individuals ages 14 to 90, couples, families, and groups. She supports people facing mood instability, relationship and intimacy challenges, family conflicts, stress related to health, sleep, and careers, as well as the emotional impacts of aging, bereavement, sexuality questions, life-stage transitions, and spiritual concerns. For a decade she provided recovery services for military combat and sexual trauma to active, reserve, and guard members, their families, and first responders.

Her style is warm, direct, present-centered, creative, and interactive. She offers an objective, nonjudgmental presence and draws on broad experience to help clients clarify where they are in their journey and where they want to go. Leslie describes her trauma-sensitive work as integrative, blending cognitive-behavioral techniques with humanistic and psychodynamic perspectives, mindfulness practices, wellness strategies, and art therapy tools to meet each person where they are.

Leslie values authentic human connection grounded in respect, honesty, and cultural sensitivity. As a holistic, body-centered practitioner she pays attention to mind, body, heart, thought, spirit, and life experience as contributors to meaning and quality of life. She holds LCMHC and LCPC credentials - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - which reflect her professional training and licensure.

Attachment, Client-Centered, and CBT Approaches Online

Leslie integrates several evidence-informed approaches in her online practice. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape present patterns and helps people and couples build more secure, supportive connections, which can be useful for challenges with intimacy, abandonment, and family dynamics. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the client’s experience guides the work, supporting self-exploration, self-esteem, and life-stage decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress and to improve coping skills.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Leslie collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as the work unfolds to ensure it remains helpful and relevant.

Online sessions - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make therapy more flexible and accessible. These options allow scheduling that fits busy lives, support work with clients who live far away or travel, and offer multiple ways to engage depending on what feels most comfortable for the client. Licensed professionals can adapt their methods to each format so meaningful therapeutic work can happen even when meeting remotely.