Lanette Bryant, LCSW

Lanette Bryant is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Maine with four years of professional experience. She focuses on listening first and then helping people name the thoughts and everyday habits that get in the way of feeling better. Lanette aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where feelings and worries can be talked through.

In sessions she pays close attention to what shows up in daily life - worry, sleep problems, or repeated patterns with relationships. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and small habits, then tries simple changes that can ease stress and anxiety. Lanette also supports people dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse, bipolar experiences, depression, grief, and anger.

Her approach blends client-centered work with practical skills from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing are added when they fit the client's goals. The result is a down-to-earth mix of listening, skill-building, and short-term problem solving.

Lanette has worked with a wide range of concerns, including complex issues such as dissociation, co-morbidity, and addictive behavior. She also attends to identity and relationship topics, including LGBT issues, attachment concerns, and aspects of kink and alternative sex culture.

She believes safety and connection matter most in therapy. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Lanette tries to make the process clear and steady so people can focus on change.

How Lanette’s approaches can work online

Lanette uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small changes. Client-centered work means the therapist follows the person's lead, listens closely, and helps them name what matters most. CBT focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and everyday habits and adds concrete tools for changing those patterns.

She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are needed. DBT-style techniques teach grounding, emotion regulation, and practical coping steps that can be practiced between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Lanette will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. That plan is collaborative and can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking. Different formats can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life - for example, shorter check-ins during a lunch break, sessions that do not require video, or meeting from wherever you are located at the time. These options can help maintain continuity of care and make practicing skills between sessions more realistic.