Mai Huong Nguyen, LCSW

Mai Huong Nguyen is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 19 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship pain, grief, depression, and life changes. Mai combines direct conversation with compassionate listening to help people feel seen and understood.

Her work often centers on relationships and breakups, including support for people going through separation or divorce and those healing from older wounds. She also helps with issues like addiction, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and career stress. Her background includes relationship coaching alongside clinical social work practice.

Mai emphasizes kindness and nonjudgment in sessions. She encourages people to notice the beliefs that shape their reactions, to trace where those beliefs came from, and to consider new ways of telling their story. Sessions are grounded in practical steps rather than jargon-heavy theory.

Her approach draws from client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness practices, and techniques used in trauma work. She also uses relationship-focused methods when couples or partners are part of the concern. This mix helps address mood, trauma, and relationship patterns in concrete ways.

Based in Maine, Mai offers help in English. People considering work together are invited to start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to her availability.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the person's pace. It helps people feel heard and supports them in finding their own solutions to stress, relationship pain, and self-esteem struggles.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses practical exercises and small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns over time.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that helps people process distressing memories and reduce their emotional hold. It can be useful for people managing trauma and abuse history.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. This is a shared process that adapts as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make scheduling easier and help fit sessions into busy lives, such as taking a shorter check-in during a work break or avoiding travel time. It can also allow sessions when a quieter setting or camera-off option is needed. Ask about the specific formats offered when you begin the matching process.