About Maureen
Maureen A-Ngeh is a licensed clinician with an MD, LCSW-C, and LICSW and ten years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and related challenges. She listens closely and aims to make each person feel heard and respected. Her approach is warm and interactive, focused on practical steps parents and adults can use right away.
She works with people dealing with life changes, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, career concerns, and parenting strain.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize building on strengths and developing real skills for day-to-day life. That means learning ways to manage mood, reduce overwhelm, and improve relationships through small, steady changes. Her counseling style blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance principles.
She uses those tools to help people notice unhelpful patterns, try new responses, and set manageable goals. Motivational interviewing and elements of dialectical behavior therapy also appear when they fit the person's needs. Maureen draws on a decade of practice across community and hospital settings in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
She prioritizes dignity, respect, and compassion in every interaction. Treatment plans are tailored to personal goals and adjusted as progress is made. If someone is ready to try different strategies and wants steady support, she offers collaborative guidance and practical skills to help people move toward a more manageable, satisfying life.
Approaches and Online Care That Fit Your Life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and frustration with ongoing challenges. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and trying practical behavior changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines. It works well for anxiety, depression, and managing stress. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and priorities, with the therapist offering empathy and nonjudgmental support to help clarify goals and next steps.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate to choose techniques that match a person's goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean mixing elements from ACT, CBT, client-centered methods, DBT skills, or motivational interviewing as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text messaging suits quick check-ins or people who prefer typing, and all formats make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy schedule. This variety helps people access steady support while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
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