Willow Whitehouse-Briggs
Experienced counselor blending mind and body care
LCPC Maine
- Experience
- 35 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Willow
Willow Whitehouse-Briggs is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) practicing in Maine with 35 years of experience.
Background and approach
She draws on a long clinical career that includes work as a school psychologist and extended involvement with movement-based practices such as Dance Movement Therapy and Authentic Movement, which inform her attention to how experiences can be held in the body.
This combination of traditional clinical training and somatic awareness shapes an integrative approach to stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, relationship concerns, and self-esteem work. Willow approaches therapy from a perspective that centers the client as the expert in their own life, offering support and collaboration while encouraging self-compassion and empowerment.
She has worked with teens and adults and incorporates modalities such as cognitive behavioral therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centered ideas to address thoughts, patterns, and relational dynamics. Prospective clients in Maine can expect a thoughtful practitioner who blends cognitive strategies with attention to body-mind connections to help navigate life transitions and longstanding challenges.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Willow commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can be useful for stress, anxiety, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to explore relationship patterns and how early bonds influence current connections, helping people understand and reshape interpersonal dynamics.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Willow works with clients to assess goals, needs, and personal preferences, and she adjusts methods over time so therapy fits the individual rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model.
Online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it possible to access care with greater flexibility. These options support continuity of work across schedules and locations, allow clients to select the interaction style that feels most comfortable, and create practical ways to stay engaged in therapy between in-person possibilities.
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Experience
35+ years
Licensed
Maine
Languages
English