About Luwana
Luwana Dyer offers practical, evidence-based therapy focused on everyday problems. She is a Maine LCPC with 12 years of clinical experience. Luwana aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about stress, grief, relationship trouble, or identity concerns.
Luwana has worked in independent practice and in school and Head Start settings. She has also collaborated with the state court system. That range of experience means she is used to helping people with different life stages and situations.
Background and approach
She helps people manage anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and challenges with self-esteem and motivation. She also supports people facing trauma, abuse, loss, fertility and end-of-life concerns, and caregiving strain. She has a history of working with LGBTQ clients and with issues around parenting, blended families, and adoption or foster care.
Luwana uses straightforward, evidence-based approaches to set goals and build skills. Sessions focus on concrete strategies for coping, improving communication, and handling difficult emotions. She works with clients to shape plans that fit day-to-day life and real responsibilities.
Her approach is warm and direct. She encourages small steps and practical tools so people can see change between sessions. Luwana welcomes conversations about work stress, career transitions, body image, chronic illness, sleep or eating concerns, and recovery from past hurts.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and clear goals. One common approach emphasizes building practical coping skills for anxiety and mood challenges, teaching breathing, thought management, and activity planning to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Another approach centers on processing trauma and loss in manageable steps, helping people name difficult experiences, reduce their hold on day-to-day life, and rebuild routines that matter.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to the client's concerns, try methods that fit their goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. This makes therapy collaborative and tailored rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions can mirror an in-person meeting for deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when a lower-bandwidth option is needed or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, skill practice between sessions, and easier fits around busy schedules. These options make it simpler to maintain consistent care while balancing work, family, and travel.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English