Isabelle Vachon , LCSW

Isabelle Vachon is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience helping people navigate relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anxiety, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She also supports concerns connected to ADHD, eating and body image, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. Isabelle works with people who want practical change as well as deeper understanding.

Her style is client-centered and straightforward. She asks what matters to each person and helps set clear goals. Sessions mix listening, practical tools, and gentle challenge when it feels useful. Isabelle encourages clients to say when they need space or when they want direction.

Isabelle draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful patterns and to try small, testable changes in thinking and behavior. She uses narrative approaches to help people reframe painful stories about themselves. Mindfulness practices are woven in to build calm and present-moment awareness.

She describes herself as down-to-earth, honest, and encouraging. People can expect a balance of support and direct feedback tailored to their pace and preferences. Isabelle values collaboration and treats clients as the experts on their lives.

Based in Maine, she offers a range of online session formats for different needs. Isabelle aims to help people find steady, usable steps forward during hard seasons and transitions.

How Isabelle uses evidence-based approaches online

Isabelle often blends cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness work in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on noticing unhelpful thinking and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, manage stress, or shift patterns in relationships. Mindfulness practices teach simple attention and breathing exercises that help reduce reactivity and build present-moment awareness, which can be useful for trauma, anger, and body image work.

She approaches treatment as a collaboration. Finding the right combination of techniques is part of the process, and the therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and pace. Clients are invited to give feedback so the plan can be adjusted over time.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer work and for reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, focused homework, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into different routines and life demands.