Lanette Bryant, LCSW

Lanette Bryant is a licensed clinical social worker in Maine with four years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, mood challenges, and substance use in straightforward, practical ways. Lanette aims to make the first steps toward therapy feel manageable and respectful.

In sessions she creates an open space where clients can talk about difficult thoughts and feelings without judgment. She emphasizes safety and connection as the basis for working together. Lanette listens carefully and helps people set small, realistic goals they can build on.

Her approach blends problem-focused methods with a warm, client-centered style. That means she helps people notice patterns in thinking and behavior while staying grounded in what matters most to them. She also uses skills from DBT and mindfulness to help with emotional regulation and stress management.

Lanette has experience with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, grief, anger, and various forms of addiction. She also works with issues related to identity, attachment, and relationship conflicts experienced by individuals. She respects different lifestyles and sexual cultures and aims to provide a nonjudgmental space.

Therapy with Lanette often includes practical strategies, short-term skill work, and ongoing checking in about what is or isn’t helping. She encourages people to move at a pace that fits their needs and to use sessions to try out small changes that make daily life easier.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Lanette often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT involves practical exercises and short experiments to test new ways of coping, which can be practiced between sessions to address anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors.

She also brings a client-centered stance that focuses on listening and building a trusting connection. This approach prioritizes the person’s goals and perspective and helps guide what skill work or problem-solving will be most useful.

Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. Lanette will discuss your goals, try different approaches, and adjust based on what is working. She partners with people to set small, achievable goals and checks in frequently to shape treatment together.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different days and needs. Video calls work well for deeper conversation and skill teaching, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or movement is limited, and messaging or live chat can suit brief check-ins or practice prompts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.