About Maggie
Maggie Haines is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Maine. She has seven years of professional experience helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship or family concerns. She approaches sessions with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Conversations and plans are shaped around each person's situation rather than a one-size-fits-all method. Maggie aims to support and empower people as they take steps toward change.
How Maggie works
In the first meetings she listens to what matters most and helps set clear, achievable goals. Sessions focus on practical strategies to manage symptoms like anxiety, low mood, anger, or difficulty coping with life changes. She also works with issues such as grief, addiction, ADHD, and career stress.
Maggie has experience supporting people through complex situations including adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, body image concerns, and attachment or abandonment issues. She adjusts the pace and focus based on each person's needs and life context. She offers multiple session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
People who prefer English can work with her, and she practices under her Maine LCSW credential. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
What Maggie works with
The areas below are the ones Maggie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maine |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Evidence-based care and online options
Many people benefit from straightforward, evidence-based techniques that teach skills for coping and improving daily life. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing it with realistic steps to reduce anxiety and low mood. This method helps people notice patterns and practice new responses in everyday situations.Another helpful approach centers on building coping skills for strong emotions and stress. It emphasizes small, practical tools that reduce overwhelm and improve tolerance for difficult feelings, which can be useful for grief, trauma responses, anger, and burnout. Both approaches aim to produce tangible changes people can use between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try a plan, and adjust techniques as needed. Together you will find what fits your needs, pace, and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you talk face to face, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping progress steady.
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