- Warm and straightforward
- Attachment-informed care
- Works in English and French
About Leslie
Leslie Mulligan is a Maine-based therapist who helps people dealing with relationship strain, jealousy, stress, anxiety, and grief. She works with adults and older adolescents to address mood instability, intimacy concerns, and life-stage challenges. Leslie uses a direct and compassionate style that aims to help clients feel clearer and more capable.
With 24 years in the field, Leslie draws on a variety of methods to match each person’s needs. She blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening and practical cognitive-behavioral skills. She also uses emotion-focused techniques and elements of dialectical behavior therapy to help with intense feelings and relationship patterns.
Leslie frames therapy as a collaborative process. Sessions often focus on identifying what matters most, building concrete coping strategies, and practicing new ways of relating. She emphasizes the whole person - mind, body, heart, thought, and spirit - when working through concerns like addiction, trauma, sleep problems, or career stress.
Her background includes a decade providing recovery services for military personnel and first responders after combat and sexual trauma. Leslie describes her approach as warm, direct, and interactive, offering creative tools such as mindfulness and art-based activities when helpful.
Leslie holds LCMHC and LCPC credentials and speaks English and French. She welcomes international clients and aims to help people move toward greater satisfaction and stability in their lives.
With 24 years in the field, Leslie draws on a variety of methods to match each person’s needs. She blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening and practical cognitive-behavioral skills. She also uses emotion-focused techniques and elements of dialectical behavior therapy to help with intense feelings and relationship patterns.
Leslie frames therapy as a collaborative process. Sessions often focus on identifying what matters most, building concrete coping strategies, and practicing new ways of relating. She emphasizes the whole person - mind, body, heart, thought, and spirit - when working through concerns like addiction, trauma, sleep problems, or career stress.
Her background includes a decade providing recovery services for military personnel and first responders after combat and sexual trauma. Leslie describes her approach as warm, direct, and interactive, offering creative tools such as mindfulness and art-based activities when helpful.
Leslie holds LCMHC and LCPC credentials and speaks English and French. She welcomes international clients and aims to help people move toward greater satisfaction and stability in their lives.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how relationships shape emotion and behavior. It helps people understand patterns in close relationships and build more steady ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in the room, with the therapist offering empathy and nonjudgmental listening to help clients find their own direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, useful for anxiety, mood problems, and sleep issues.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Leslie will work collaboratively to identify what feels most useful based on goals, preferences, and the issues at hand. That may mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting methods as progress unfolds.
The therapist’s profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can guide pacing, assign practice exercises between sessions, and use creative tools such as mindfulness or art-based tasks so the work can continue smoothly between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodHypnotherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
24+ years
Credentials
Maine, North Carolina
Languages
English, French
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Leslie help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm, direct, and interactive. Sessions focus on practical skills, emotional awareness, and repairing relationship patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Leslie has 24 years of experience as a mental health therapist, including a decade working with military members and first responders on trauma recovery.
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
She holds NC LCMHC and ME LCPC credentials and practices from Maine.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and French, and Leslie accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs and payments handled?
Fees vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Leslie?
Select the continue button on this profile, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.