Leslie Mulligan
Practical, compassionate therapy for life transitions
LCMHC, LCPC Maine
- Experience
- 24 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English, French
About Leslie
Leslie Mulligan is a licensed counselor who helps people work through relationship strain, mood swings, grief, and major life changes. She sees individuals and couples and uses practical, down-to-earth methods to ease stress and improve daily functioning.
Background and approach
Leslie works in English and French and practices from Maine with 24 years of experience. Her approach is warm and direct.
Sessions are interactive and often include creative tools, breathing and grounding, and focused conversations to clarify what matters most. She pays attention to the body as well as thoughts and emotions, and she draws on techniques from cognitive behavioral work, dialectical skills, and client-centered listening.
Leslie has a long history supporting people after trauma, including military-related combat and sexual trauma, and offers experience with grief, chronic illness, chronic pain, and caregiving strain. She also supports people facing identity and intimacy questions, addiction concerns, and challenges around sleep and appetite.
Therapy is guided by the client's goals and paced to match readiness. She emphasizes cultural sensitivity, honest feedback, and practical steps clients can try between sessions.
The conversation is aimed at helping people feel more able to manage hard moments and deepen what they value. Clients can expect a mix of talk, skills practice, and creative exercises tailored to their needs.
Leslie uses attachment-informed ideas and elements of the Gottman Method when addressing relationship patterns, and she blends other methods to fit each person's situation.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Leslie uses attachment-informed ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings and behavior, helping people notice patterns and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected. This approach is useful for relationship strain, intimacy concerns, and attachment issues.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and lift mood. CBT techniques often include brief homework, thought records, and behavioral experiments that work well between online sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will help you identify goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That shared process lets clients see what helps and what to change over time.
Online formats offer practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging provide quick check-ins and flexible support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to maintain continuity when life gets complicated.
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Experience
24+ years
Licensed in
Maine, North Carolina
Languages
English, French