Stephen Dexter , LCPC

Stephen Dexter is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Maine with 12 years of experience helping people navigate addiction, relationship challenges, trauma, and life transitions. As an LCPC he holds a professional license to provide clinical mental health counseling and works with individuals and families to address both immediate concerns and longer-term patterns that affect well-being.

Early in his career he spent three years as an in-home counselor supporting families with children ages 6 to 16 who were struggling with emotional and behavioral difficulties. He has developed specialized experience treating intensive substance use and co-occurring disorders and draws on his own recovery to offer hope and practical insight to those in difficult moments. His practice includes one-on-one therapy, couples work, in-home support, and group counseling formats.

Stephen works with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, stress, substance use, sexual addiction, and loss of purpose. He also supports clients with relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy challenges, eating and body image concerns, parenting and caregiver stress, anger and self-esteem difficulties, career struggles, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, codependency, communication and control problems, dissociation, divorce and separation, domestic violence, co-morbidity, and family of origin issues. He aims to help people who feel overwhelmed by life circumstances identify underlying problems and move toward clearer, more manageable paths forward by offering guidance and clinical insight.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Stephen Dexter integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) into his practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on creating an accepting, nonjudgmental space where the person leads the pace of change while the therapist offers empathy and support - this approach is helpful for people working through relationship challenges, self-esteem issues, and life transitions. Cognitive behavioral therapy examines how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and uses practical strategies to reduce anxiety, depression, substance-related urges, and unhelpful behavioral patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Stephen works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time to ensure the work feels relevant and useful.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule consistent care around daily obligations, maintain continuity during life changes or travel, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable. Licensed professionals can adapt therapeutic techniques to these formats so that meaningful progress can continue outside of a traditional office setting.