Maxine Douglas

Maxine Douglas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Georgia. She brings 20 years of experience helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, trauma, and life transitions. Maxine aims to meet people where they are and offers a respectful, nonjudgmental space to talk and plan next steps.

Her style is collaborative and client-centered. She listens first, then works with each person to build practical ways to cope. That can include learning skills to manage intense emotions, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, or finding values-based goals to guide decisions. She also supports people dealing with parenting strains, intimacy issues, relationship conflict, and the stresses that come from caregiving or aging concerns.

Maxine uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Existential Therapy to shape sessions. The focus is on clear steps, useful tools, and honest conversation rather than labels.

Her background includes long experience as both a clinician and an educator. That experience informs straightforward, evidence-informed options for managing anxiety, addiction, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Maxine encourages people to try small changes and notice what works.

If someone is coping with life changes, grief, or a difficult transition, she helps identify priorities and practical next steps. To begin, follow the site’s process to match and schedule an initial session.

How therapy approaches shape online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are hard. It can be useful for coping with life changes, anxiety, and low mood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which often reduces symptoms of anxiety, depression, and some stress-related problems. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person’s experience, offering empathy and respect while the client guides the pace and focus of work.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needed so it fits the person’s life and aims.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as formats are set by the therapist and the platform. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for check-in conversations when a full in-person visit would be hard to arrange. Some methods, like skills training or cognitive work, adapt well to remote sessions and can be practiced between meetings to reinforce progress.