Jean Hair , LCSW

Jean Hair is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of practice in Maine. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and low self-esteem. Jean also supports those facing life transitions, caregiver strain, addiction concerns, and compassion fatigue. She aims to build a nonjudgmental space where clients can speak openly and be heard.

Jean draws on practical tools and conversation to help people understand what gets in the way of change. She uses client-centered methods to follow each person’s priorities and pace. Cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior strategies are used to teach concrete skills for managing strong emotions and changing unhelpful patterns.

For trauma and intense memories she incorporates EMDR alongside mindfulness practices. Jungian ideas such as working with dreams and symbolic material sometimes guide deeper self-reflection and meaning-making. Art as self-expression is offered when it helps clients find new ways to say what is hard to put into words.

Sessions emphasize everyday steps that fit into regular life. Jean encourages embodied living and the integration of a person’s spiritual beliefs when that is meaningful. The work is collaborative - she helps clients notice their own process and choose realistic goals.

Jean provides therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and cost varies with location and therapist availability.

How these approaches work online

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and experiences. The therapist follows the client's lead, offers empathic listening, and helps people notice what matters to them. This approach is useful for stress, low self-esteem, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and practice clearer ways of responding. It often includes short exercises and homework to try out new skills between sessions, which works well over video or messaging. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. Those skill-building exercises can be practiced and reviewed in online sessions and via text check-ins.

Jean will collaborate with each person to decide which approach or combination feels right. She listens to goals, tries methods, and adjusts plans together so the work fits daily life and values.

Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging let people share thoughts in writing and receive timely support between longer meetings. These options provide flexibility while keeping focus on practical progress and skill practice.