Lindsay McClernan, LCSW

Lindsay McClernan is a licensed clinical social worker who offers calm, practical support to people facing difficult life moments. She draws on eleven years of experience to help clients manage stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. Lindsay keeps language simple and sessions focused on real steps clients can try between meetings.

She emphasizes a person-centered, trauma-informed style that centers the client's experience. That means listening carefully, naming patterns that get in the way, and choosing strategies that fit each person’s life. Common topics include relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, and struggles with identity or discrimination.

Lindsay uses tools from attachment work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior approaches, and EMDR when appropriate. She aims to help people reduce reactivity, build clearer communication, and reconnect to what matters. Sessions often include skill practice and problem-solving tailored to daily life.

Clients who have gone through abandonment, adoption or foster care, blended family stress, caregiver burnout, or complex trauma may find the focus areas relevant. Lindsay also supports people dealing with ADHD, dissociation, substance use, and co-occurring mental health concerns.

She practices in Wisconsin and provides services in English. The first conversations are practical and goal oriented, so clients leave with a small, manageable plan before their next visit.

Approaches used in online sessions and what they do

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and emotional patterns. It helps people notice repeating relationship habits and try new ways of connecting or setting boundaries.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s goals and pace, with the therapist following what matters most to the client. This approach supports self-exploration and building confidence to make changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It offers clear exercises to shift unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which methods make sense based on needs, goals, and preferences. That process may mean combining approaches or adjusting techniques over time so sessions stay useful.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. The practical upside is flexibility - online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten commute time, or allow check-ins that work around work or caregiving schedules. Therapists can guide how to use homework, skill practice, and brief between-session check-ins to keep progress moving even when life is busy.