About Lynn
Lynn Tijssen helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and grief. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, parenting challenges, sleep and eating problems, anger, career transitions, and life changes. Lynn uses straightforward, respectful language and centers each conversation on the person's goals.
With 21 years of experience, Lynn combines approaches that focus on how people think, feel, and make choices. She blends client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral work and mindfulness practices to help people notice patterns and try new responses.
Background and approach
Existential ideas are used to examine meaning, purpose, and values when life feels confusing. Sessions are interactive and collaborative. Lynn asks practical questions, offers exercises to practice between sessions, and adjusts the work to match each person’s pace.
She avoids labels that feel stigmatizing and emphasizes clear options people can use day to day. Lynn holds an ME LCPC credential and has spent many years helping people cope with addictions, bipolar mood concerns, panic, post-traumatic stress, postpartum depression, and chronic shame or guilt. She also addresses aging and end-of-life concerns, isolation and caregiver stress.
People who choose Lynn can expect calm, direct conversation and concrete tools to manage symptoms and build resilience. The focus is on what matters now and on small steps toward better functioning and greater meaning.
How Lynn’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. It helps people feel heard and decide what changes matter most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lynn will talk with clients about their goals and try methods that fit those needs. Together they decide what to keep, what to change, and how to measure progress over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when a quieter or lower-bandwidth option is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English