Therapist profile
Doris Faughnan, LCMHC
New Hampshire
LCMHC in New Hampshire - Codependency and trauma work
Continue with DorisWhere Doris stands
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- License
- LCMHC, New Hampshire / 2771
- NPI
- 1528360435
- Experience
- 17 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- New Hampshire
About
- Attachment-based care
- CBT strategies
- Solution-focused steps
About Doris
Doris Faughnan is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in New Hampshire with 17 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, anger, self-esteem struggles, career concerns, bipolar disorder, and major life changes. Doris also focuses on issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency, control issues, and challenges around isolation and impulsivity.
Doris listens carefully and talks things through in a straightforward way. She emphasizes clear communication and practical steps clients can try between sessions. Her style blends attention to emotions with methods that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She uses client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person’s priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers tools for spotting and reshaping thoughts tied to mood and behavior.
She also brings trauma-focused work into sessions when difficult experiences are affecting daily life. Solution-focused techniques are used to help people identify small, achievable changes that move them toward their goals. Across methods, Doris keeps the work direct and practical, helping people build clearer boundaries and steadier ways of relating.
Doris conducts sessions in English. If you think this fits what you need, follow the site steps to match and schedule an initial appointment.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and how those early bonds influence current behavior. It helps people who struggle with clinginess, fear of abandonment, or repeating the same relationship conflicts to notice and change those habits.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers practical exercises to test unhelpful beliefs, manage anxiety, and change behaviors that keep someone stuck.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to pick methods that fit their goals, concerns, and preferences. That collaborative decision happens early and can be adjusted as needed.
Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into a busy week, cut out travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when needed. Others appreciate that certain formats make it easier to step through exposure or behavioral practice without rearranging a whole day. Discussing practical needs during the first matching steps helps set up sessions that can realistically fit into everyday life.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
New Hampshire
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
Doris works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, anger, self-esteem, career issues, bipolar disorder, and life changes. She also focuses on abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, control issues, and isolation.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She listens closely and uses direct, practical methods. Sessions combine attention to feelings with tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of mood, relationship, and addiction concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is listed as LCMHC in New Hampshire. Her practice location is in New Hampshire.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking since the biography does not list specific formats on file.
How does billing 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 the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your 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 you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.