About Bobbie-Jo
Bobbie-Jo Rand is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She works with adults on issues like mood disorders, addictions, parenting strain, and challenges tied to identity and self-esteem. Her tone is practical and straightforward, aimed at parents and busy people looking for clear support.
Bobbie-Jo uses methods that focus on the person in front of her. Sessions often center on setting small goals, learning skills for managing mood and stress, and practicing new ways to handle difficult moments.
How Bobbie-Jo works
She draws on approaches that encourage self-reflection, skill building, and steady progress. With 17 years as a licensed clinical social worker, she brings steady experience in outpatient care in Maine. That background includes working with people dealing with trauma, grief, and complex mood issues like bipolar disorder and disruptive mood dysregulation concerns.
She also supports those coping with substance use and co-occurring challenges. Her work includes attention to relationship patterns such as communication problems, codependency, and blended family issues. She helps people sort through parenting questions, family conflict, and the stress that comes from changing roles.
Practical tools and brief, goal-focused work are common parts of sessions. Bobbie-Jo often integrates mindfulness and cognitive tools to help clients notice patterns and shift unhelpful thoughts. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques guide action steps so progress feels manageable.
She aims to make therapy clear, actionable, and relevant to day-to-day life.
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What Bobbie-Jo works with
The areas below are the ones Bobbie-Jo selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maine |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit online care
Bobbie-Jo often uses cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness work to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and practice calming, present-moment skills. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and mood regulation by teaching concrete techniques to shift thinking and behavior. Mindfulness Therapy trains awareness of thoughts and emotions and offers simple practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.She also brings a client-centered and solution-focused sensibility, meaning therapy is shaped by each person's goals and strengths. Finding the right approach is part of the process - she will collaborate with the client to try methods that match goals, preferences, and how someone responds in early sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make work fit into busy lives. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing coaching. These options help people keep continuity of care and fit therapy into school, work, or family schedules.
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