Willow Whitehouse-Briggs is a Maine clinician with 35 years of professional experience and the LCPC credential.
01About Willow
Willow Whitehouse-Briggs is a Maine clinician with 35 years of professional experience and the LCPC credential. She brings decades of practical work to sessions, and she has lived through many of life’s challenges herself. Her background includes time as a school psychologist and long-term clinical practice.
Willow draws on clinical training plus movement-based approaches she has studied, like Dance Movement Therapy and Authentic Movement. She notices how the body holds stress and uses that awareness in sessions.
Background and approach
That means conversations can include breathing, movement, or attention to physical sensations when helpful. Her practice focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, and self-esteem. She also has experience with aging and geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, first responder and veteran concerns, obsessive-compulsive challenges, postpartum depression, phobias, and coping after disasters.
Willow helps people name problems and build practical steps forward. Sessions emphasize the client as the expert in their own story. Willow listens, reflects, and gently points toward options clients can try between meetings.
She encourages self-compassion and small, steady change. People who prefer a thoughtful, reflective approach that may include attention to body sensations often find this style useful. Willow aims to support and empower clients wherever they are in life, helping them move toward more satisfying days and clearer relationships.
02Credentials
- LCPC (Maine)
- License CC824 · expires December 2027
- NPI
- 1841256724 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Willow lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
Methods Willow names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Willow names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early connections shape current relationships. In practice it helps people notice patterns in how they relate to others and offers ways to try new, safer ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's own goals and pace, with the therapist following the client's lead and reflecting what the client brings to sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety and manage mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Willow will discuss these methods with clients and adapt techniques to match their goals, preferences, and the concerns they bring. Together they decide what to try first and adjust based on what helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make scheduling easier and reduce travel time. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging let clients check in between meetings or choose shorter, written exchanges. These options aim to increase flexibility so therapy can fit into busy lives and different routines.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Willow commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, and self-esteem. She also has experience with issues like postpartum depression, OCD, phobias, and end-of-life counseling.
How would you describe her approach in sessions?
Sessions are client-centered and collaborative, with attention to thoughts, feelings, and how the body holds experience. Conversations may be combined with movement awareness when that fits the client's needs.
What is her professional background?
She has 35 years of professional work experience and has worked as a school psychologist in addition to clinical practice. She has studied Dance Movement Therapy and Authentic Movement.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds the ME LCPC credential and practices in Maine.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost 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 her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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