About Max
Max Higa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Colorado. He draws on six years of practice to help people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and related concerns. He works in a down-to-earth way and listens carefully to each person’s story.
Max uses practical strategies to help people feel more steady day to day. He often focuses on small, manageable steps and skills that can be practiced between sessions.
Background and approach
He centers the person's goals and respects their pace of change. His work covers a range of concerns including trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, and challenges tied to sexual orientation and identity. He also supports people struggling with anger, low self-esteem, bipolar mood changes, and feelings of isolation or shame.
Max draws from several approaches, including acceptance and commitment ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior techniques, and motivational interviewing. He explains methods plainly and tries them out collaboratively so clients can pick what fits best. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Max works with adults who want practical help managing emotions, improving relationships, and finding clearer direction in life.
Approach-focused care for online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers clear tools for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and building distress tolerance.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. This is a collaborative process where techniques are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit short check-ins, and text messaging helps keep momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to use the format that feels most comfortable.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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