About Maxine

Maxine Douglas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Georgia with 20 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, or the challenges of addiction. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and ADHD-related difficulties.

Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps people can try between meetings. Maxine listens without judgment and builds a plan that fits each person's life and preferences.

Background and approach

She uses a mix of evidence-informed methods, adapting techniques to match what a client needs most. That may include skills work, values-based exercises, or talking through painful experiences to find new perspectives. The emphasis is on what actually helps day to day.

Maxine also brings experience supporting people through trauma, complicated grief, and major life changes. She has worked with concerns such as caregiver stress, adoption and foster care issues, codependency, and substance use challenges. Her background as an educator informs a clear, patient teaching style.

Clients can expect straightforward guidance, practical tools, and a steady therapeutic presence. Maxine aims to help people regain routine, rebuild confidence, and move toward goals that matter to them.

How approach and online care work together

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters most and take small steps toward those values. It uses simple exercises to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful action, which can help with stress, depression, and ADHD-related struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and offers concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT can be useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and managing impulsive behaviors. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes respectful, nonjudgmental listening and supports people in finding their own answers rather than giving advice.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan based on what actually helps in daily life.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult, live chat provides a written back-and-forth in real time, and text-based messaging supports short check-ins or ongoing prompts. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work or family schedules, practice techniques between talks, and maintain continuity when travel or busy weeks occur.

Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Maxine help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, trauma and abuse, ADHD, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting pressure, and related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is compassionate and collaborative. Sessions focus on practical steps and goals chosen together.
What is her background and experience?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience as a therapist and educator supporting diverse concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an LCSW and CSW and is licensed in Georgia.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; begin by selecting Start Therapy, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling.

What this therapist works with

Experience
20 years
Licensed
Georgia
Languages
English

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