Leslie Mulligan, LCMHC, LCPC

Leslie Mulligan, LCMHC, LCPC, helps people navigate mood instability, relationship strains, grief, and life transitions. She works with individuals, couples, and groups across a wide age range. Her style is warm, direct, and focused on practical steps that fit each person's life.

She draws on 24 years of clinical experience. Sessions combine conversational therapy with hands-on tools to address sleep, career stress, addiction concerns, and issues around intimacy and sexual identity. Leslie also brings experience supporting people after military combat and sexual trauma and helping first responders cope with work-related stress.

Her approach centers on listening first and then working together to clarify goals. She uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings, Client-Centered methods to follow the client's lead, and Cognitive Behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy tools are added when they fit the client’s needs.

Leslie emphasizes the links between body and mind, and often incorporates mindfulness and creative exercises to support healing. She aims for therapy that feels practical and relevant to daily life. Cultural sensitivity and honest feedback are core to how she works.

Leslie practices in Maine and works with English and French speakers. If you want to explore whether she is a good fit, the first step is a short matching questionnaire and a scheduled meeting to discuss goals and next steps.

How Leslie's Approaches Translate to Online Work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape how people connect and feel. It can help with trust, abandonment worries, and improving emotional closeness. Client-Centered Therapy puts the person in charge of the conversation; the therapist follows the client's pace and priorities to build understanding and self-direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing habits, which can ease anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating problems.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Leslie will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, values, and daily life. That means adjusting the mix of attachment work, client-led conversations, and CBT tools as the relationship develops.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find remote sessions help fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins during a work break, or reduce travel time. Online work also supports continuing care across distances and can make it easier to involve partners or family members when that suits the goals. Licensed professionals can adapt mindfulness exercises, thought-recording worksheets, and interpersonal practice to an online setting to keep sessions practical and focused.