- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Attachment-based work
- CBT and DBT skills
About Leslie
Leslie Mulligan, LCMHC, LCPC, is a licensed counselor with 24 years of experience based in Maine. She works with individuals ages 14 to 90, couples, and groups on issues such as mood instability, relationship and intimacy struggles, stress, grief, and life-stage changes. She also supports people facing health-related concerns, sleep problems, career pressure, and sexual or combat-related trauma recovery from her prior work with military and first responder populations.
Leslie uses a present-centered, interactive style in sessions. She blends approaches and draws on cognitive behavioral tools, attachment ideas, and emotion-focused ways of working. Conversations are direct and practical, focused on clarifying where a person is now and what they want to change.
Her work pays attention to how the body and emotions connect with thoughts and life experience. That can mean adding mindfulness, creative or art-based exercises when useful. She also integrates strategies from dialectical behavior therapy to help manage intense feelings and improve coping skills.
Leslie notes experience with family and blended family issues, abandonment and attachment concerns, codependency, communication and commitment problems, chronic illness, and aging challenges. She also addresses eating, sleeping, addiction, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue in clinical work.
Sessions are offered in English and French. International clients are accepted. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online therapy options button.
Using EFT, attachment ideas, and practical skills online
Leslie draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people name and work with hard-to-identify emotions that affect relationships and self-connection. EFT focuses on how emotions shape interactions and helps people access and communicate feelings more clearly.She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds influence current relationship patterns and emotional reactions. That approach is useful for commitment, abandonment, and communication problems. In sessions she applies Client-Centered therapy principles too, keeping the conversation focused on the client's concerns and goals while listening without judgment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Leslie will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best for their goals and circumstances. She combines emotion-focused exploration with CBT and DBT skills when active coping strategies are needed.
Confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify which online options are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, reduce travel time, and remove the need to be on camera for some visits. Licensed professionals can adapt the same EFT and attachment-based work to remote sessions while focusing on practical steps that fit everyday life.
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Experience
24+ years
Listed in
Maine, North Carolina
Languages
English, French
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, mood problems like depression and bipolar, trauma and abuse, grief, and many life-stage challenges.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is present-centered and interactive, combining Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas with client-centered conversation and practical CBT and DBT skills.
How long has she been practicing?
She has practiced as a mental health therapist for 24 years, including a decade providing trauma recovery services to military and first responder populations.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds NC LCMHC and ME LCPC credentials and practices from Maine.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and French.
Does she work with international clients?
Yes, she accepts international clients.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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