Leslie Mulligan , LCMHC, LCPC

Leslie Mulligan is a licensed mental health clinician with 24 years of experience supporting people across the lifespan, from teens to older adults, as well as couples, families, and groups. Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, mood instability, relationship and intimacy challenges, trauma and abuse recovery, addictions, grief, parenting and family dynamics, sleep and eating issues, career and life-stage transitions, and neurodiversity-related concerns. For a decade she provided trauma recovery services to active duty, reserve, and guard military members and their families, as well as to first responders, with a focus on combat-related and sexual trauma.

Her counseling style is warm, direct, present-centered, creative, and interactive. She adopts an objective, nonjudgmental stance to help people clarify where they are in their journey and to identify practical, meaningful steps forward. Leslie describes her work as trauma-sensitive and integrates cognitive-behavioral techniques with humanistic and psychodynamic perspectives, mindfulness practices, wellness strategies, and expressive art therapy tools. Conversations are guided by each person's specific needs and goals with the aim of deepening enjoyment of life and strengthening personal agency.

Leslie values respect, honesty, and cultural sensitivity and practices from a holistic, body-centered perspective - attending to mind, body, heart, thought, spirit, and life experience as contributors to quality of life and meaning. She holds the credentials LCMHC and LCPC - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - and provides services from Maine in both English and French.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape emotional patterns and attachment styles. It helps clients understand relationship dynamics, repair ruptures, and build healthier connections with partners and family members. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) centers on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress; it offers practical tools for coping, problem solving, and mood regulation. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) emphasizes emotional experience and expression in relationships, guiding couples and individuals to create stronger emotional bonds and respond to each other with greater empathy.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. Leslie Mulligan collaborates with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then tailors interventions from these evidence-informed approaches so treatment fits the individual or couple. That collaborative process helps determine which methods will be most useful at different stages.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it possible to access consistent care with flexibility. These formats allow therapists to meet people where they are, accommodate busy schedules, and support continuity of care across different locations, while maintaining the conversational and practical elements of in-person sessions.