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Willow Whitehouse-Briggs, LCPC

  • Experience35 years
  • LocationMaine
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Willow

Willow Whitehouse-Briggs is a Maine-licensed clinician with 35 years of professional experience as an LCPC. Her long career has included roles as a school psychologist and work integrating movement-based practices such as Dance Movement Therapy and Authentic Movement, which informs a therapy style that honors body-mind-spirit connections.

Background and approach

She draws on a range of clinical approaches including Internal Family Systems, attachment-focused work, client-centered methods, cognitive strategies, and existential perspectives to support people facing complex life challenges. Willow approaches therapy from the view that each person is the expert of their own story and brings strengths to the healing process.

She offers practical support for stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, and self-esteem concerns, while also addressing a broad set of additional issues such as grief, obsessive symptoms, personality-related struggles, postpartum mood changes, and adjustment to aging.

Her orientation is collaborative and compassionate, aiming to cultivate self-compassion, empower clients, and help them take actionable steps toward more fulfilling lives.

Integrating depth-oriented approaches with flexible online care

Internal Family Systems is a model that helps people explore internal parts and their relationships, often uncovering protective roles and wounded parts to promote internal harmony; it can be useful for trauma responses, chronic anxiety, and complex emotional patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relational experiences shape current connections and emotional regulation, offering a path to strengthen stable connection and address relationship wounds. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own experience, using empathic, nonjudgmental listening to support self-discovery and growth.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Willow works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods best match their goals, temperament, and current challenges. She draws on her background and a range of techniques to tailor sessions so clients feel heard and can experiment with new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or access care from different locations within Maine. These formats allow licensed professionals to maintain continuity of care, adapt pacing to each person, and combine conversational work with experiential tools informed by body-mind-spirit perspectives.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Willow address in therapy?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, and self-esteem issues, and also attends to additional concerns such as obsessive symptoms, personality issues, postpartum depression, aging and end-of-life topics.
What is Willow's therapeutic approach and style?
Her work is collaborative and compassionate, integrating Internal Family Systems, attachment-informed perspectives, client-centered listening, cognitive techniques, and existential inquiry to meet each client's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Willow brings 35 years of professional experience including work as a school psychologist and extensive practice integrating movement-based approaches into clinical work.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds the credential ME LCPC CC824 and practices in Maine as a licensed clinical professional counselor.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available for online work?
Willow conducts therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.
What should I expect about cost and billing?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are offered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
To get started select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseAnger managementSelf esteem

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityCoping with natural or human-caused disasterFirst responder issuesHospice and end-of-life counselingJealousyVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harm

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyImago Relationship TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

35+ years

Licensed

Maine

Languages

English