About Ann
Ann Soule uses practical, goal-focused approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and related concerns. She brings 19 years of work in mental health to sessions and emphasizes meeting people where they are. Ann holds an ME LCPC and draws on therapies that help people make small, steady changes over time.
She often frames substance use as a coping strategy that grew out of painful experiences. In practice she talks through underlying issues like grief, depression, and trauma alongside addiction-related problems such as relationship strain, job or financial stress, and a lost sense of self.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to reconnect clients with values and daily routines that support recovery and wellbeing. Ann combines several methods to match each person’s needs. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. Solution-Focused work keeps conversations tied to realistic next steps. Her background includes many years in opioid treatment settings where medication-assisted treatment is part of program work.
That experience informs a practical, harm-reduction outlook in therapy. Ann also has experience with gambling concerns and is pursuing further training related to money and mental health. People who contact her can expect straightforward, supportive sessions that honor small wins.
She is an ally to LGBT people and encourages a collaborative planning style that centers the client’s goals.
How Ann’s Approaches Work Online
Ann commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing in online work. CBT helps people spot patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, which can be practiced between sessions. Motivational Interviewing focuses on the person’s own reasons to change and is useful when someone feels unsure or stuck about making a shift.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that match those needs. Clients and the therapist decide collaboratively whether to emphasize skill-building, motivation, or trauma-focused care as sessions progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for fuller conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief coaching, quick check-ins, or when someone prefers typing to speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and suit a range of day-to-day needs.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English