Nancy Maxwell, LMSW

Nancy Maxwell is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) with 20 years of clinical experience. She offers a warm, respectful style and listens closely to each person’s goals. She invites clients to talk about practical problems and faith when desired. Her manner is interactive and compassionate for people across the lifespan.

Nancy draws on several approaches to shape sessions around each person. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and how they affect feelings. Cognitive behavioral techniques help break down unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also incorporates client-centered listening and mindfulness practices to steady attention and manage stress.

Her background includes work in outpatient settings, an ACT team, and clinical case management in Michigan. Over two decades she has supported people with anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar disorder, grief, caregiver stress, and parenting challenges. She has experience with aging and geriatric issues and with transitions related to health and loss.

In a typical session Nancy helps people set clear goals, practices skills together, and adjusts strategies as needed. She focuses on what can be done between visits as well as during them. For those who value spiritual conversation, faith can be part of the work when requested.

To begin she asks about priorities and personal strengths, then uses practical interventions, education, and encouragement to move forward. The intent is to help people feel more capable, manage daily stresses, and take steps toward a healthier routine.

How Nancy’s approaches fit online care

Attachment‑based work focuses on patterns in relationships and how those patterns shape emotions and behavior. Online sessions can be used to talk through difficult interactions, practice new ways of communicating, and notice how attachment patterns show up day to day.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In remote sessions Nancy can help identify unhelpful thoughts, try short behavioral experiments between meetings, and teach coping skills for anxiety, low mood, or stress.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. Those techniques translate well to online visits and can be practiced together during a session and on one’s own afterward.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nancy collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts strategies over time and checks in about what is helping and what should change.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check‑ins when schedules are tight, and support continuity through life changes without needing to travel to an office.