Lindsay McClernan, LCSW

Licensed in Wisconsin · 11 years in practice

Lindsay McClernan is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people navigate hard moments.

License and registration

LCSW, Wisconsin: 9648-123 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1336528769 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 11
Languages: English

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About Lindsay

Lindsay McClernan is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people navigate hard moments. She offers a calm, affirming presence so people can talk about what hurts and begin to build practical ways forward. Lindsay draws on approaches that center relationships and personal strengths.

She uses attachment-focused work to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that keep them stuck.

Background and approach

Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns. Common areas include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, parenting challenges, grief, and career or identity questions. She also works with people facing abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment challenges, autism spectrum concerns, and blended family dynamics.

With 11 years of experience, Lindsay aims to make therapy straightforward and useful. Sessions focus on small, concrete steps clients can try between meetings as well as exploring deeper patterns when that feels right. She helps people build coping tools, improve communication, and reconnect with purpose.

Based in Wisconsin, Lindsay offers care in English and uses a person-centered, trauma-aware lens. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and supports people as they make changes at their own pace.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Lindsay lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Coping with life changes
Addictions
LGBT
Relationship issues
Grief
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Depression
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dissociation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Lindsay names

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Online support

How attachment work and CBT translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns people form in relationships and how those patterns affect current stress and communication. Online sessions can help people notice these habits, try different ways of relating, and practice new behaviors between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or low mood. In online work, CBT often includes short exercises and homework that are easy to share and review during video or message sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Lindsay collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and circumstances. That might mean starting with coping skills, then moving into attachment work or CBT based on what feels most helpful and achievable.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when tone and facial cues matter. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging can support brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and try strategies in real time.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Lindsay commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, relationship and parenting challenges, grief, career and identity questions, and related issues such as abandonment and attachment problems.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is person-centered and trauma-aware. She combines attachment perspectives with cognitive behavioral tools to help clients understand patterns and practice new ways of coping.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Lindsay has 11 years of experience working with people facing complex life challenges and transitions.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Wisconsin.

Which languages are offered for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted; services are provided to clients within the applicable jurisdiction.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How are costs and starting steps handled?

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