About Madeleine
Madeleine Saxe is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She supports individuals facing addiction, relationship strain, eating and parenting concerns. Her style is direct yet compassionate, focused on practical steps people can use right away.
She uses a mix of talk therapy and skill-building exercises to address daily struggles. Sessions often include communication practice, coping strategies for intense feelings, and tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Madeleine aims to help people feel steadier and more in control between appointments. Her work also covers pregnancy, postpartum changes, and fertility-related stress. She helps people navigate family transitions like divorce, blended family challenges, and caregiver strain.
Body image, self-love, and recovery from drug or alcohol addiction are also part of her focus. With 12 years of experience, Madeleine draws on several therapeutic approaches. She combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and skills from dialectical behavior therapy.
Motivational interviewing and mindfulness strategies are also used to help clients stay motivated and grounded. Madeleine describes herself as straightforward and to the point while remaining compassionate. She aims to meet people where they are and build practical plans for change.
Sessions are offered in English and are delivered online through a variety of formats.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding your experience. The therapist follows your lead, clarifies what matters most to you, and helps you make choices that fit your life. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and teaches practical techniques to change them, which can help with anxiety and stress.Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, includes skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. It can be useful when strong feelings get in the way of daily functioning or relationships. Madeleine uses these approaches flexibly and will collaborate with each person to find what fits best based on their needs and goals.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is helpful for in-depth conversation and nonverbal cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick skill coaching, or follow-up between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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