About Maysun
Maysun Elnihum is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people address stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma and related difficulties. She brings eight years of clinical experience to conversations about mood, addictive behaviors, self‑esteem, grief, and coping with life changes. Maysun aims to make the first steps into therapy straightforward and understandable for those seeking help.
Her approach is practical and collaborative. Sessions focus on understanding current struggles, noticing unhelpful thinking or behavior patterns, and trying small, doable changes.
Background and approach
She uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches alongside mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas to reduce distress and build everyday coping skills. Maysun’s background includes work in independent practice and in psychiatric facility settings, giving her experience with a wide range of concerns. That experience informs brief coaching-style techniques as well as longer therapeutic work when needed.
She also brings attention to relational and attachment issues that often show up as anxiety or self-worth struggles. In sessions she emphasizes clear goals and simple strategies people can use between meetings. Typical work might include tracking thoughts and moods, practicing mindful awareness, setting small behavior experiments, and talking through relationship or career stressors.
She explains methods plainly and adjusts pace to each person’s comfort. People who reach out can expect straightforward guidance and steady support while they practice new skills. Maysun helps clients break problems into manageable steps and build routines that fit daily life.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. ACT can help when anxiety, depression, or ADHD-related challenges get in the way of daily goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many common mood or behavior concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and supporting the client's own problem-solving; it helps people feel heard while they work toward change.Finding the right combination of methods is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick approaches that fit their goals, comfort level, and life situation. That process may include trying different techniques and adjusting as needs shift over time.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for scheduling and access. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing coaching-style feedback, or moments when written reflection feels easiest. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy routine and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- 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
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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