Lynette Roy , LCSW

Lynette Roy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. She works with individuals who are juggling parenting, career shifts, relationship strain, or the emotional fallout of separation. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making therapy understandable and useful on a day-to-day level.

In sessions she listens closely and helps clients name what feels most urgent. She teaches practical ways to reduce worry, handle panic, and cope with low mood. She also supports people facing postpartum challenges, seasonal mood changes, or the particular stresses that come with caregiving and codependency.

Lynette draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build new coping habits. She uses mindfulness exercises to slow down intense emotions and Existential ideas to help people find meaning during confusing life stages. Motivational Interviewing and Narrative Therapy help clients clarify goals and reframe personal stories.

Her work emphasizes small, achievable steps that fit into daily life. Clients can expect tools for managing anger, strengthening self-esteem, and navigating career or identity questions. She also addresses issues often raised by women, including midlife transitions and balancing multiple roles.

Based in Maine, Lynette offers appointments in English and accepts clients from other locations when appropriate. She focuses on tailoring each plan to a person’s needs, pacing the work so change feels manageable rather than overwhelming.

Therapeutic approaches for online sessions

CBT helps identify thoughts that increase anxiety or low mood and replaces them with healthier patterns through small practical exercises. It suits worries, panic symptoms, and mood problems where specific thinking habits make feelings worse.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and ground someone in the present moment. This approach is useful for managing stress, panic, and rumination during life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to goals, preferences, and current struggles. Together they try ideas, track what helps, and adjust the plan if something isn’t working.

Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises, while phone sessions can fit a short check-in or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief reflections, between-session coaching, or when writing through thoughts feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, parenting, or caregiving duties, and to keep steady momentum during a period of change.