Maxine Douglas, LCSW, CSW

Maxine Douglas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Georgia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and depression. She offers steady, nonjudgmental support for people dealing with relationship strain, parenting pressures, and the fallout of trauma and emotional abuse. Her style is warm and straightforward so conversations stay focused and useful.

She brings 20 years of experience as a therapist and educator to each session. That background informs practical tools for coping, emotional regulation, and improved communication. She draws on several methods to match what a person needs rather than using one fixed approach.

Maxine uses Acceptance and Commitment ideas to help people clarify values and make meaningful choices. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and build new habits. Client-centered work keeps the person’s goals in front so therapy stays relevant to daily life.

Her additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, attachment problems, codependency, and substance use challenges. She also helps people work through shame, guilt, isolation, and life transitions with practical steps and compassionate listening.

Sessions aim to combine understanding with real strategies. Maxine encourages people to try manageable changes, reflect on what works, and adjust the plan as goals shift. She emphasizes collaboration so clients feel heard and in charge of their progress.

How specific approaches shape online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even when feelings are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. Client-centered therapy gives people space to set the pace and topics, with the therapist following their lead and offering reflective support.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily demands, and then suggest which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process that can shift as needs change.

Session formats are not listed here, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, cut travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people practice new skills in real life between sessions and bring those experiences back to the conversation for troubleshooting and progress planning.