About Maxine
Maxine Douglas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Georgia with 20 years of experience. She works with people facing anxiety, stress, depression, addiction, grief, and other life changes. She aims to make the first step feel manageable and straightforward for a worried parent or adult considering help.
Her style is warm and collaborative. She listens first, then helps set small, practical goals. Sessions focus on real problems and usable tools rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Maxine avoids labels and treats each person with respect and clear guidance. Over two decades she has supported people through trauma and emotional abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and challenges tied to identity and LGBT issues. She also helps clients coping with addiction, bipolar symptoms, anger, and low self-esteem.
Adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, and aging concerns are additional areas she addresses. Her methods draw from evidence-informed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior ideas, and client-centered care. She blends techniques to match each person’s needs and goals.
Expect practical exercises, thought work, and attention to values and meaning. Maxine combines clinical work with an educator’s mindset. She explains options in plain language and helps people practice new skills between sessions.
Her aim is steady progress - small steps that build toward clearer thinking, better coping, and improved day-to-day functioning.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values. It often focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches skills to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens closely and follows the client’s lead.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try first and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face-to-face when schedules or distance make in-person visits hard. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter, frequent support and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day. These options can help people practice skills between sessions and maintain steady contact with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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