Lynn Tijssen, LCPC - Therapist in Maine

About Lynn

Lynn Tijssen is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues. She brings 21 years of practice to sessions and aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space. Lynn speaks English and works with clients from Maine and internationally by offering online formats.

Her background includes work with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, relationship struggles, and parenting challenges.

Background and approach

She uses clear, practical methods to help people manage symptoms and make changes. Sessions tend to be collaborative and interactive rather than lecture-style. Lynn avoids stigmatizing labels and focuses on each person’s strengths and choices.

She adapts methods to what a client needs in the moment. Her training and clinical approach draw from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, existential ideas, and motivational interviewing. That mix helps address thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and meaning in life.

She also brings experience with caring for people facing aging and end-of-life concerns, codependency, and substance issues. In appointments she works on short-term goals like coping skills and longer-term issues such as identity, life purpose, or relationship patterns. Practical steps, skills practice, and gentle reflection are typical parts of sessions.

Lynn frames change as something clients steer with support. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Fees use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Approaches and what online therapy looks like

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and supporting each person’s capacity to make decisions. It helps when someone needs acceptance, clearer direction, and a therapeutic space to talk through parenting and life challenges. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits. It is useful for stress, panic, and many daily problems. Motivational Interviewing is a brief, goal-focused style that helps people find internal reasons to change, often used for addictions, lifestyle shifts, and ambivalence about parenting choices.

Choosing the best approach is part of the work. Lynn will collaborate with clients to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps. The process is flexible and guided by each person’s needs, values, and preferences.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls approximate in-person conversation, while phone sessions may suit shorter communication preferences. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients check in between sessions or use therapy in small, real-time moments. These options make it easier to fit care into parenting schedules, work, or travel while keeping the therapeutic plan focused and consistent.

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.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Lynn address?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, and many related concerns listed in her profile.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Sessions are interactive, respectful, and compassionate. The work emphasizes strengths, practical steps, and avoiding stigmatizing labels.

What is her clinical background?

Lynn has 21 years of experience and brings approaches including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, existential ideas, and motivational interviewing.

Where is Lynn licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with the credential ME LCPC CC2256 and is based in Maine.

Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

Which session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What steps are needed to begin working together?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 21 years
Licensed: Maine
Languages: English

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