About Ursula
Ursula Hanson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience helping people through stressful and painful life moments. She practices in Maine and brings a calm, respectful presence to conversations about anxiety, grief, career worries, and relationship challenges. Ursula focuses on practical steps people can use right away and on building steady coping skills over time.
Her background spans community mental health, nonprofits, schools, and independent practice.
How Ursula works
That mix gives her experience with many kinds of everyday struggles and with people who need short-term help or longer support. She also has experience offering mindfulness and yoga in elementary schools and consulting with educators. In sessions she combines client-centered techniques with cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness practices.
That means she listens first, then helps people notice thoughts and habits that get in the way, and uses simple awareness exercises to reduce reactivity. Sessions aim to be collaborative and concrete. Ursula commonly works on stress, anxiety, self-esteem, body image, forgiveness, and self-love.
She also supports people coping with life changes, grief, career decisions, and compassion fatigue. Her style is warm, curious, and strengths-focused. When someone reaches out she adapts the pace and tools to fit their needs.
Conversations are practical and grounded. The goal is clearer thinking, calmer moments, and more reliable ways to handle hard days.
Ursula lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Ursula works with
The areas below are the ones Ursula selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maine |
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Online support options
How client-centered care, CBT, and mindfulness work online
Client-centered therapy centers the person and their goals. The therapist listens closely, reflects concerns back, and helps people name what matters most. This approach is useful for building trust and for figuring out what to work on first.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing small changes to reduce anxiety or improve confidence. CBT works well for stress, worry, and practical life challenges.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and increase calm. Practices can be short breathing or body awareness exercises and are aimed at helping someone feel steadier during daily stressors.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That plan can change as progress is made and new issues come up.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and guided practices. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging let someone check in between sessions or send brief updates without scheduling a call. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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