LCSW
Mai Huong Nguyen, LCSW
- Experience19 years
- LocationMaine
- Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
- Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Mai
Mai Huong Nguyen brings a client-centered orientation to nearly two decades of behavioral health work, combining clinical social work training with relationship coaching to support people through major life and relationship challenges.
Background and approach
She is an LCSW practicing in Maine with 19 years of experience and helps clients untangle patterns that affect wellbeing, partnerships, and work functioning. Her approach places kindness, validation, and respect at the forefront while encouraging careful examination of beliefs that shape emotional responses.
Nguyen integrates cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness practices to help clients notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and she uses EMDR when trauma responses or long-held wounds are central to a person’s distress.
As a certified relationship coach who has trained in Conscious Uncoupling work, she also assists people navigating breakups and divorce, including healing from separations that occurred years earlier.
Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, intimacy issues, ADHD, career strains, and compassion fatigue, tailoring care to each person’s needs and goals.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support
Mai Huong Nguyen commonly draws on client-centered therapy, which focuses on empathetic listening and creating a respectful space where clients are heard and validated; this approach helps people explore feelings and clarify what matters to them. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and modify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that contribute to stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and relationship patterns. When trauma memories or lingering distress from past events play a central role, she may incorporate EMDR to support processing and reduce the intensity of those memories.Finding the right approach is presented as a collaborative process. Nguyen works with each person to determine which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts interventions over time based on what is most helpful for the individual.
Online therapy in her practice is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, allow continuity of care when in-person visits are impractical, and make it easier for people to access consistent support while balancing work, family, or other responsibilities.
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Experience
19+ years
Licensed
Maine
Languages
English
What Mai can help with
Mai Huong Nguyen works with clients on stress and anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression.
Mai works with clients with various behavioral health issues.
Mai works with people to heal from current breakups and divorce.
How Mai approaches therapy
Mai's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.
Experience and training
Mai is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Maine, with 19 years of clinical experience.