About Doris
Doris Faughnan is a New Hampshire licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) with 17 years of experience. She brings a steady, empathetic presence and a practical focus to sessions. Doris listens closely and aims to motivate and encourage people who are feeling stuck or overwhelmed.
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and mood conditions including bipolar disorder. She also supports those facing grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, anger, low self-esteem, career stress, and life changes.
How Doris works
Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, impulsivity, isolation, and men's issues. Doris uses approaches that center the person’s experience. Client-centered work creates space for people to be heard.
Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify unhelpful thinking and try small behavior changes to feel better. Trauma-focused and attachment-based ideas guide work with past hurts and relationship patterns. Her style is conscientious and warm with a sense of humor when it fits.
She emphasizes clear communication and practical steps people can try between sessions. Doris understands some French and some Spanish but conducts sessions in English. To begin, users complete the site’s short matching questionnaire and schedule a meeting according to the therapist’s availability.
Sessions use a cancellable subscription model, and cost varies by location and therapist availability.
Doris lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Doris works with
The areas below are the ones Doris selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Hampshire |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How her approaches shape online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses. It helps people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and supports building more supported ways of relating.Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting. The therapist offers empathy and nonjudgmental attention so the person can explore priorities and decide goals at their own pace.
Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing mood symptoms by teaching concrete skills to try between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences rather than prescribing a single path up front.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins on a work break. It can also make it simpler to continue therapy while relocating or managing a change in routine. Licensed professionals tailor pacing and techniques to the online setting so sessions stay practical and focused on the goals you identify.
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A practical next step
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