Leslie Mulligan, LCMHC, LCPC

Leslie Mulligan is a licensed counselor who helps people work through mood instability, relationship and intimacy problems, grief, addiction-related concerns, and life transitions. She brings 24 years of experience and a direct, warm style to sessions. Leslie speaks English and French and practices in Maine while also accepting international clients.

Her approach is practical and grounded. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current relationships. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to pinpoint unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills to manage intense emotions. Sessions are collaborative and often involve creative, body-centered tools to connect feelings and bodily experience.

Leslie has substantial experience helping people recover from trauma, including military combat and sexual trauma, and supporting first responders. She also works with concerns like sleep problems, career stress, chronic illness, and caregiving strain. Her work attends to the whole person - thought, body, heart, and spirit - rather than a single symptom.

In the room she is direct but nonjudgmental. She helps clients clarify goals, practice new coping skills, and try experiments between sessions. Conversations are guided by what the client needs most in that moment, with an eye toward steady, practical change.

People often come for support during big life changes, after losses, or when relationships feel stuck. Leslie aims to help people feel more stable, connected, and able to move toward the life they want.

How Leslie’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds. Online sessions use discussion and exercises to notice patterns and build new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. In virtual meetings, CBT means identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing them with real-life experiments, and practicing new skills between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Leslie will talk with each person about their goals, daily life, and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try first. The plan can change as progress unfolds so clients get what fits them best.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, cut travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes regular practice more manageable by letting people use skills where they live and work. Licensed professionals, including therapists like Leslie, adapt tools such as CBT exercises and attachment-based interventions so they work well across distance and help clients build steady change over time.