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Leah McMullin

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Leah McMullin, LICSW

Massachusetts

LICSW - Stress and Anger support

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Key details

  • CredentialsLICSW
  • LicenseLICSW, Massachusetts / LICSW121102
  • NPI1295227098
  • Experience8 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationMassachusetts

About

  • Client-centered
  • CBT techniques
  • Practical coping skills

About Leah

Leah McMullin is a LICSW - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker practicing in Massachusetts with eight years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, LGBT concerns, anger, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. Sessions are conducted in English and geared toward practical, everyday problems.

Leah favors a straightforward therapeutic relationship. She focuses on listening first, then helping people set goals they can use between sessions. Conversations are down-to-earth and aimed at identifying what feels hardest right now and what small steps might help.

Her work uses client-centered principles, which means sessions start from the client's priorities and experience. She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help spot unhelpful thought patterns and to practice different reactions in real situations. Together these approaches are used to build skills for managing stress, irritability, and low mood.

Leah often helps clients develop coping strategies they can apply at home, work, or school. That can include practical tools for calming down, clearer ways to communicate, and plans to handle triggers when they arise. She encourages trying new techniques between sessions and checking what works.

People who prefer a collaborative, practical style tend to do well with her. The focus is on making progress in daily life - reducing arguments, handling frustration at work, or managing strong feelings so they stop taking over the day. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Leah uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on understanding the client's experience and priorities. Sessions follow what matters most to the client and build a working relationship that guides the work. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is also part of her approach and helps people notice patterns of thought and behavior, try alternative responses, and practice new skills for handling anger, anxiety, or low mood.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Leah will discuss what feels most useful, suggest strategies based on goals, and adjust methods as progress is tracked. Clients set priorities and she helps translate those into focused steps and exercises to try between appointments.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also makes it possible to work on real-life challenges as they come up, with tools and homework that fit into daily routines. Licensed professionals can adapt session pacing and techniques to suit someone dealing with workplace frustration, recurring arguments, or ongoing stress.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

LGBTAnger managementBipolar disorderADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBody imageCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)EmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Experience

8+ years

Listed in

Massachusetts

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, LGBT concerns, anger, bipolar disorder, and ADHD as listed in her profile.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is client-centered and practical, focusing on listening, setting goals, and trying techniques that can be used between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has eight years of clinical experience working with the concerns listed in her profile.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is a LICSW - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker - practicing in Massachusetts.

In what language are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not specify session formats; confirm current session options before booking.

How does payment or cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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