- Years in practice
- 24
- Credentials
- LCMHC, LCPC
- Licensed in
- Maine, North Carolina
- Languages
- English, French
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Leslie
Leslie Mulligan is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people navigate hard life moments. She brings 24 years of clinical experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, and parenting concerns. Leslie aims to create straightforward, compassionate support so clients can make clearer choices and feel more steady day to day.
Her approach is warm and direct. Sessions are present-centered and interactive, with a mix of practical tools and reflective conversation.
Background and approach
Leslie uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based approaches to address mood instability, relationship problems, and intimacy-related issues. She also draws on dialectical behavior strategies and emotionally-focused ideas when situations call for emotion regulation or repairing connection. That flexibility lets her tailor work to concerns like sleep, eating, career strain, chronic illness, and addiction.
She frames therapy as skill-building plus deeper understanding of how past experiences shape current patterns. Leslie describes her style as human, respectful, and culturally aware. She pays attention to body-centered signs as well as thoughts and feelings, so sessions can include practical coping skills, grounding work, and exploration of values.
She helps people identify concrete next steps and small experiments to try between meetings. Leslie holds licensure as an LCMHC in North Carolina and an LCPC in Maine. She conducts sessions in English and French and offers a range of online formats for people living in Maine and beyond.
What Leslie works with
Everything Leslie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Leslie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Leslie lists
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Leslie commonly uses Attachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns show up now and helps people make different choices in close relationships. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or change mood patterns.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when strong feelings get in the way. DBT offers practical tools for managing intense emotion and improving communication in relationships. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process; the therapist will discuss options with each person and shape the plan to fit goals, preferences, and the challenges at hand.
Online therapy with Leslie is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video visits are useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat lets people check in quickly, and messaging supports shorter updates or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options provide flexibility for busy schedules, national or international clients, and different comfort levels with technology.
Questions people ask about Leslie
What kinds of concerns does Leslie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, mood instability, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting questions, eating and sleeping problems, addiction, career strain, and trauma-related concerns.
How would you describe Leslie's therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and direct, present-centered, and interactive. Meetings mix practical skills training with reflective conversation tailored to each person's needs.
What is Leslie's clinical background?
She has 24 years of experience supporting people with a wide range of life and mental health concerns, including trauma recovery work with service members and first responders.
Where is Leslie licensed and based?
She holds an LCMHC in North Carolina and an LCPC in Maine, and practices from Maine as noted in her profile.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English and French, and she is open to working with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide different ways to meet depending on needs.
How does the cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Leslie?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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