June Keniston , LCPC

June Keniston, LCPC, brings a client-centered approach to therapy. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life transitions. Her practical style aims to identify what keeps a person stuck and build steps toward clearer routines and coping. June practices from Maine and conducts sessions in English.

With 12 years as a licensed clinical professional counselor, June blends several approaches to suit each person's needs. She uses elements of cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are part of her toolbox when someone needs gentle self-awareness or help finding internal motivation for change. June often supports people coping with chronic invisible illness, caregiving strain, cancer concerns, chronic pain, and related fatigue. She also works with issues such as bipolar mood challenges, addictions, and sleeping problems.

Sessions typically focus on plain language, small practical steps, and honest conversation. June aims to help people handle parenting strain, family of origin concerns, financial stress, and midlife transitions without clinical jargon. Her background includes long-term work in mental health settings, bringing real-world experience to each session.

People who choose June can expect collaborative planning, short-term skills practice, and attention to enduring life stressors. She helps clients set achievable goals, try new coping strategies, and adjust plans as needed.

How chosen approaches fit into online therapy

June often combines cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and mood challenges. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches practical emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills that help when feelings feel overwhelming or reactions are intense.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist work together to decide whether more skills practice, reflective conversation, or motivation-focused work is best for the issue at hand.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video lets people use visual cues during deeper sessions, phone calls can be a lower-bandwidth option for check-ins, and messaging or live chat can fit short updates or quick skill coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and medical schedules while keeping a steady course of support.