Whitney Hughes, LCPC, LMHC

Whitney Hughes is a licensed counselor based in Maine with 11 years of experience helping people navigate emotional challenges and life transitions. She blends a compassionate, client-centered stance with trauma-focused and somatic techniques to support healing and increased self-understanding. Whitney holds the credentials LCPC and LMHC - LCPC meaning Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and LMHC meaning Licensed Mental Health Counselor - which reflect advanced training in clinical care and mental health practice.

Her work focuses on common concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship difficulties while attending closely to identity-related matters that affect LGBTQ+ clients, women, and people exploring sexuality and self-acceptance. She also brings experience addressing attachment and abandonment issues, family and blended family transitions, parenting and communication problems, and the impact of guilt, shame, and isolation.

Whitney emphasizes a collaborative therapeutic relationship that helps people build self-compassion, strengthen communication skills, and reconnect with a sense of purpose. She integrates mindfulness, solution-focused strategies, and trauma-informed interventions to help clients develop practical coping tools and greater emotional resilience. Her approach centers on honoring each personâs experience and supporting them toward healthier relationships and more grounded daily functioning.