About Lindsay
Lindsay McClernan is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Wisconsin with 11 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and major life changes. Lindsay creates an accepting, compassionate space where clients can talk through difficult moments and build practical coping skills.
Her work centers on attachment-based and client-centered ideas that prioritize emotional safety and personal agency. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and DBT strategies to teach skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
How Lindsay works
EMDR may be used for processing traumatic memories when appropriate. Common concerns she addresses include addictions, grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, anger, low self-esteem, career stress, depression, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Lindsay also focuses on related issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, adoption and foster care matters, and caregiver stress.
Sessions combine practical skill-building with space to name hard feelings. Conversations often include identifying patterns, practicing new responses, and trying small experiments between sessions. The aim is steady, manageable change rather than quick fixes.
Lindsay brings eleven years of clinical experience to her work and emphasizes collaboration. She listens for each person's values and goals, then tailors approaches to what feels useful. Therapy is offered in English for people located in Wisconsin.
Lindsay lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Lindsay works with
The areas below are the ones Lindsay selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes relationships and how early connections shape current patterns. In online sessions this looks like exploring how people form bonds and practicing new ways of relating to reduce anxiety and improve trust. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and trying practical experiments to change them; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, helps process traumatic memories by pairing focused attention with guided stimulation to reduce the intensity of distressing memories.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that fit those priorities, and adjust the plan as needed. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions match their pace and comfort level.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and learning new skills. Phone sessions work when less bandwidth is available or for simpler check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can support brief check-ins, skill reminders, and ongoing contact between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work when in-person visits are not possible.
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