Healing Takes Courage Counseling
Therapy for real life, real relationships, and real change.
Maybe you're overwhelmed and exhausted from being the person everyone depends on.
Maybe your relationship doesn't feel the way it used to.
Maybe you're worried about your teenager and don't know how to reach them.
Or maybe you've spent so much time taking care of everyone else that somewhere along the way, you've lost track of yourself.
You don't have to wait until everything falls apart to ask for help.
Therapy can be a place to slow things down, understand what's really happening, and figure out what comes next.
I provide compassionate, practical telehealth therapy for adults, teens, couples, and families throughout Maine.
You don't have to have everything figured out before you ask for help.
We'll figure it out together.
Therapy for Where You Are Right Now
Sometimes you know exactly what's wrong.
Other times, you just know something doesn't feel right anymore.
When You're Carrying Too Much
You're overwhelmed, anxious, exhausted, or constantly taking care of everyone else.
You may look like you're holding everything together on the outside while feeling completely different on the inside.
Therapy can help you slow down, understand what you need, recognize patterns that may be keeping you stuck, and start making changes that feel manageable.
When Your Teen Is Struggling
Maybe your teen seems anxious, overwhelmed, angry, withdrawn, stressed about school, struggling with friendships, or simply not like themselves.
You want to help—but sometimes you don't know what to say without the conversation turning into frustration or shutting down.
Therapy can give teens a place to feel heard while helping them develop emotional regulation, confidence, coping skills, and healthier ways to communicate.
When Your Relationships Feel Different
You may still love each other deeply and still feel disconnected.
Maybe you're having the same arguments over and over. Communication has become difficult. Parenting, finances, intimacy, trust, or everyday stress has created distance.
You don't have to wait until your relationship is falling apart to work on it.
Therapy can help you understand what's happening between you, communicate differently, repair what's been hurt, and begin rebuilding connection.
When Life Is Changing
Divorce. Separation. Parenting changes. An empty nest. Career changes. Relationship changes. Starting over.
Even changes you choose can leave you wondering:
"Who am I now?"
Therapy can help you make sense of where you've been, navigate where you are, and decide where you want to go next.
Adults • Teens • Couples • Families
Telehealth throughout Maine
What Therapy With Me Is Like:
I'm Melissa LeBreton, LCSW.
I believe therapy should feel like a place where you can be honest about what's really happening—not another place where you have to pretend you have everything together.
My approach is compassionate, practical, collaborative, and real.
You won't be judged.
We'll look beyond what is happening and work to understand why.
We'll talk about patterns that may be keeping you stuck.
We'll develop tools you can actually use in your everyday life.
And we'll move at a pace that makes sense for you.
I won't expect you to walk into therapy knowing exactly what you need.
That's part of what we'll figure out together.
Therapy Should Be Accessible:
I provide telehealth therapy throughout Maine and accept MaineCare, Medicare, Aetna, Anthem/BlueCross BlueShield, UnitedHealthcare, and other insurance plans.
Not sure whether your insurance is accepted? Reach out, and we can figure out the next step.
Ready To Start?
You don't need the perfect words.
You don't need to know exactly what you need.
And you don't need to wait until things get worse.
Start where you are. I'll meet you there.