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Online therapist

Isabelle Vachon

Compassionate support for parents and caregivers

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
8 years
Licensed in
Maine
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Isabelle

Isabelle Vachon is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on family and parenting concerns along with relationship and trauma-related challenges. She brings eight years of psychotherapy experience and offers direct, practical support for parents and caregivers who are worried about stress, anxiety, ADHD, or changes in family life.

Isabelle writes and talks plainly in sessions so people can feel heard and understood quickly. Her style is client-centered and collaborative.

Background and approach

She treats each person as the expert on their life and helps them set clear, achievable goals. Sessions blend feedback and support, with Isabelle checking in about when to push and when to simply listen. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Mindfulness strategies are available to manage stress and strong emotions. Narrative ideas may be used to reframe life stories that feel stuck. Isabelle has experience across a wide range of concerns including intimacy issues, parenting struggles, eating and body-image worries, anger, and compassion fatigue.

She has also worked with adoption and foster care matters, attachment challenges, autism spectrum concerns, and blended family dynamics. Practically, sessions can include solution-focused work and psychoeducation. Isabelle aims to be straightforward, down-to-earth, and gentle.

Her approach is designed to help parents and caregivers find tools that fit their daily lives.

Approaches and online access for family-focused care

Isabelle commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Client-Centered Therapy means the therapist listens deeply and follows the client’s lead, helping parents and caregivers name their goals and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets specific thoughts and behaviors, offering practical techniques for anxiety, stress, or parenting challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Isabelle will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s situation and preferences. She asks about goals, comfort with different techniques, and how much structure someone wants, and then adjusts the plan together.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules and to continue work between appointments. The range of formats supports different communication styles, so people can choose the way that feels most helpful for them.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?
Isabelle works with many family-oriented concerns such as parenting stress, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, anxiety, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is client-centered and solution-focused, meaning sessions are driven by the client’s goals and practical steps are prioritized alongside emotional support.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience practicing as a psychotherapist and has worked with people across a wide age range and a variety of settings.
What credentials and location information should I know?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - ME LCSW LC19201 - and practices from Maine.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability.

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Experience
8 years
Licensed
Maine
Languages
English

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