- Attachment-Based ideas
- Cognitive Behavioral tools
- Emotion-focused work
About Leslie
Leslie Mulligan is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maine with 24 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, mood issues, grief, and changes across life stages. Sessions are offered in English and French and Leslie accepts international clients.
She focuses on practical, present-centered work. Conversations tend to be direct and interactive. She uses a mix of approaches including cognitive behavioral methods, attachment-based ideas, dialectical skill work, and emotionally-focused strategies to address relationships and emotions.
Leslie draws on experience supporting people with health-related stress, sleep problems, addiction concerns, and identity or sexuality questions. She has also provided trauma recovery services to military members and first responders for a decade, and she describes her work as culturally aware and respectful of individual backgrounds.
In sessions she often pairs talk with experiential tools and creative methods when useful. That can include skill teaching, attention to body states, and exercises aimed at improving communication or emotional regulation. Goals are set together and revisited as progress is made.
People looking for help blending households, navigating stepfamily roles, or repairing trust around relationships will find practical focus here. To begin, clients use the online matching steps to choose a plan, complete a short questionnaire, and schedule an initial session.
Therapeutic approaches and online work
Leslie often draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early and current relationship patterns affect trust, closeness, and reactions to conflict. That approach helps people notice patterns in their relationships and try new ways of relating. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thought patterns and test them with practical experiments that aim to change mood and behavior. CBT can help with anxiety, sleep problems, and mood regulation. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is used when relationship and intimacy issues are central; it focuses on identifying core emotions and reshaping interaction patterns between partners or within oneself.Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. Leslie reviews your goals and preferences and suggests approaches that match what you want to change. She checks in and adapts strategies as the work progresses so sessions stay focused on concrete steps and skills.
Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into daily life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Different approaches lend themselves to different activities - for example CBT work may include brief homework and skill practice between sessions while attachment or EFT work may focus on in-session interactions and reflection.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
24+ years
Listed in
Maine, North Carolina
Languages
English, French
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
Leslie works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, grief, and life changes among other areas.
How would she approach stepfamily or blended household issues?
She uses present-centered, interactive conversations and practical exercises to address communication, loyalty conflicts, and role blending in stepfamilies.
What is her background and experience?
Leslie has 24 years of clinical experience and spent a decade providing trauma recovery services to military members and first responders.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LCMHC (NC) and an LCPC (ME) and practices with a base in Maine.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
International clients are accepted. Sessions are offered in English and French.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.