Maxine Douglas, LCSW, CSW

Maxine Douglas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Georgia with 20 years of experience helping people through hard times. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and major life changes. She also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, and aging and geriatric issues.

Her work is straightforward and compassionate. Sessions focus on practical steps that fit a person’s life. Conversations are collaborative - she listens, helps clarify goals, and offers tools people can use between meetings.

Maxine draws on a mix of approaches rather than one single method. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral methods to notice patterns of thought and behavior. She also brings in acceptance-focused ideas to help people live by their values when things feel hard.

Clients may also encounter skills from dialectical behavior strategies for managing intense emotions, and client-centered conversation that centers the person’s own goals. Over time she helps people build routines and coping plans that reduce overwhelm and increase day-to-day functioning.

Her background includes work as a therapist and educator across community and clinical settings. That experience informs a practical style that balances emotional support with concrete tools. To begin, she asks about current struggles, what matters most to the client, and small steps toward change.

How Maxine’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values; it can help when life changes or grief make decisions feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect, and offers practical steps to change patterns that increase anxiety or depression. Client-Centered Therapy creates space for the person to lead the conversation while the therapist reflects and supports their own sense of direction.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. This may mean blending methods over time and checking in about what is helping and what needs adjustment.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - sessions can be scheduled around work or caregiving, and some options may allow shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist about practical details and what will fit best with your routine.