About Nancy
Nancy Maxwell is a licensed master social worker with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, and life changes. Her manner is warm and respectful, and she tailors sessions to each person's goals and values.
She makes room for faith when clients want to include it in sessions. Nancy listens closely to what matters most and works with clients to set practical steps toward feeling better.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and aimed at building skills that fit daily life. Her background includes long-term work in community mental health settings where she supported people with a wide range of concerns. That experience informs a flexible, down-to-earth approach to problem solving.
She draws from techniques that help people understand emotions, patterns, and behaviors. Therapy sessions combine goal-focused skill building with attention to relationships and life context. Nancy uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and cognitive behavioral strategies to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Mindfulness and emotionally-focused tools are available when they fit a client's needs. She offers several online session formats so people can choose what works best. Nancy helps clients set realistic, manageable goals and tracks progress over time.
The emphasis is on practical change and steady improvement in everyday functioning.
How Nancy’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people see recurring relationship reactions and practice new ways of relating when stress or anxiety arise. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches concrete skills to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build better coping habits for anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Nancy will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their goals, lifestyle, and comfort level. She adapts strategies over time based on what is helping and what feels manageable.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick updates, tracking progress, or when writing helps organize thoughts. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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