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Mai Huong Nguyen

Calm, relationship-focused clinical social worker

LCSW Maine

Experience
19 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
Approaches
Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Mai

Mai Huong Nguyen is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 19 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, trauma, and related concerns.

Background and approach

Her style is calm and respectful, and she emphasizes listening first so people feel heard. She uses relationship-focused work alongside individual therapy tools.

That includes elements of the Gottman Method when addressing relationship patterns. She also draws on client-centered techniques to keep sessions grounded in each person's experience.

Her work often weaves in cognitive behavioral ideas to spot and shift unhelpful thinking. For trauma or painful memories she may use EMDR-informed methods to reduce the intensity of those memories.

Mindfulness practices are incorporated to help people notice feelings and choose responses more skillfully. Mai Huong pays attention to life transitions such as divorce, aging, career change, and caregiving stress.

She also supports people coping with chronic pain, addiction issues, ADHD, and challenges tied to identity and multicultural concerns. Her approach balances practical tools with acceptance and self-compassion.

In sessions she helps people rewrite the stories they tell about themselves. She asks gentle questions about where beliefs came from and what role they play today.

The work aims to build clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and more satisfying relationships over time.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in the room and focuses on listening, empathy, and the client’s own goals; it helps people feel understood and build their own solutions. The Gottman Method offers practical ways to notice relationship patterns, improve communication, and reduce conflict when relationship issues are a main concern. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety or depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the client’s needs, and adjust plans together as progress is made. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions match their preferences and daily life.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video sessions allow for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports short check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, parenting, and busy routines.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, addiction, and related life challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental, with an emphasis on listening first, validating experience, and using practical strategies to change thinking and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 19 years of practice as a social worker working with behavioral health and relationship concerns.
What credentials and region should I know about?
She holds a LCSW credential in Maine and practices with that licensure in the region listed.
Which languages are supported and can she see international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesChronic pain, illness, and disabilityDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

19+ years

Licensed in

Maine

Languages

English