Maxine Brown-Sartor, LPC

Maxine Brown-Sartor, LPC helps people who are stressed, anxious, or facing big life changes find clearer ways forward. She offers calm listening and practical steps so clients feel heard and can try new habits between sessions.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. She also draws on client-centered methods to focus sessions on each person's priorities and mindfulness practices to build moment-to-moment coping skills. Solution-focused tools help set short-term goals and notice small progress.

Maxine has eight years of professional experience in mental health. Her background includes school counseling, behavioral specialist work in the community, and providing individual and group therapy in homes. She has helped people access community supports and special education services when needed.

Life experience as a parent of a child with special needs informs her perspective on parenting stress, behavioral challenges, and accessing resources. She has supported people with social skills, independent living skills, and self-esteem concerns through hands-on strategies and encouragement.

Sessions with Maxine emphasize practical techniques such as positive self-talk, journaling, and mindfulness exercises. She models these tools during sessions and helps clients practice them between meetings. She also screens for self-harm behaviors and provides a nonjudgmental space to talk about hard feelings.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Maxine often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and test practical behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many everyday struggles because it breaks large problems into small, testable steps.

She also uses client-centered methods that prioritize the client's goals and pace. This approach creates space for someone to talk through concerns and decide which skills feel most useful. Mindfulness practices are offered as short exercises to reduce reactivity and strengthen focus during stressful moments.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then adjust methods as progress is made. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to each person's needs.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone calls can be an easier option if bandwidth is limited. Chat and messaging are handy for quick check-ins, brief skills practice, or fitting therapy into a busy day. These options make it simpler to keep regular contact and try the approaches that fit a client's life.