Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Maggie works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Maine
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Maggie
Maggie Haines is a licensed clinical social worker in Maine who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She offers straightforward support for relationship and family tensions, addiction concerns, grief, and changes in life roles. Her tone is respectful and direct, aimed at people who want practical help and clear next steps.
With seven years of professional experience, she shapes conversations and plans to fit each person’s situation.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real-life problems and usable strategies rather than abstract theory. Maggie emphasizes compassion and sensitivity while keeping the work goal-oriented. She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and helps people try different responses.
That can mean practicing new communication habits, building emotion regulation skills, or planning safer coping routines. The therapist checks in often to see what’s working and what needs to change. Maggie supports people through transitions like career shifts, caregiving stress, health challenges, and recovery from trauma.
She also helps with concerns such as ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, body image, and complicated grief. Interventions are selected to match the person’s needs and daily life demands. People who want practical, empathic help with anger or recurring stress find a direct style here.
Maggie balances warmth with clear structure so sessions stay focused. She encourages small, manageable steps toward steadier moods and better relationships.
What Maggie works with
Everything Maggie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Maggie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- 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
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches that translate to online work
Maggie commonly uses evidence-based techniques that focus on emotion regulation and behavioral change. One approach teaches skills to notice and manage intense feelings, which helps with anger, anxiety, and stress by offering concrete steps to calm down and respond differently.Another approach focuses on changing unhelpful behavior patterns. It helps people test small changes in daily routines and communication to improve relationships and reduce conflict. These methods tend to be hands-on and work well in remote sessions because they include clear homework and practice tasks.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Maggie will discuss goals and try methods that fit the person’s needs and preferences. She checks progress and adjusts plans so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video is useful for full conversations and role practice, phone can be more flexible when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can support quick check-ins and brief coaching between sessions. These options let people keep momentum and use skills in real time.
Questions people ask about Maggie
What concerns can Maggie help with?
She supports people working on stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting, career changes, and related concerns.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is respectful and direct, with an emphasis on practical skills and clear steps. Sessions aim to be collaborative and focused on daily life changes.
What background and experience does she bring?
She holds a Maine LCSW and has seven years of professional experience helping people with a range of concerns including trauma and anger management.
Where is Maggie licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Maine and practices with that state credential.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She works with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by 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, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.