About Leslie
Leslie Mulligan offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, and life transitions. She uses clear, direct conversation to help clients sort feelings and find steadier ground. Leslie brings a warm, human approach and speaks English and French.
Leslie has 24 years of clinical experience and holds the credentials LCMHC and LCPC, which reflect her licensed practice in the region. Her work focuses on mood instability, intimacy and relationship issues, grief and bereavement, career and sleep problems, addiction concerns, and challenges related to aging, chronic illness, and identity.
Background and approach
Her style is present-centered and interactive. Sessions often blend client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral tools and emotion-focused methods to address thoughts, feelings, and patterns. She also uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand relationship dynamics and build safer emotional connections.
Leslie describes her approach as trauma-sensitive and body-centered. She draws on mindfulness, wellness practices, and creative tools when helpful. The aim is practical change - better coping skills, clearer choices, and improved daily functioning.
People can expect straightforward feedback and respectful care. Conversations are guided by each person’s goals, whether that means managing anxiety, navigating a separation, coping with loss, or rebuilding after trauma. Leslie’s priority is helping clients move toward a more manageable, meaningful life.
How Leslie’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Leslie often draws on attachment-based ideas to explore how early and current relationships shape emotional responses. That work helps people understand patterns in their close relationships and build more supported ways of connecting. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behavior patterns. CBT tools are practical and work well for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many everyday stressors. Finding the right approach is collaborative. Leslie will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods over time. She tailors the mix of attachment, CBT, and emotion-focused work to each person’s needs rather than using a fixed formula. Online therapy offers flexibility to fit work, caregiving, or health needs. Video calls let you read facial cues and practice interaction patterns; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or screen time is limited; live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflection, and quick coordination between sessions. Licensed professionals can deliver these approaches effectively across these formats, making it easier to keep momentum and follow through between appointments.Questions people ask
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Maine, North Carolina
- Languages
- English, French