Mai Huong Nguyen, LCSW

Mai Huong Nguyen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 19 years of experience based in Maine. She works with adults on problems that affect health, relationships, and work performance, including anger, stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, and relationship difficulties.

Nguyen approaches sessions with direct listening and respectful attention. She encourages clients to describe what is happening now and to name the beliefs that shape their reactions. Conversations often focus on how patterns started and how they continue to influence mood and behavior.

Her work combines Client-Centered Therapy with practical strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness. She also uses EMDR for trauma-related material and draws on relationship tools from the Gottman Method when needed. Sessions move between exploring feelings, testing unhelpful thoughts, and practicing new responses.

When anger is a concern, Nguyen helps people notice triggers, track physical and mental signs, and try small experiments to respond differently. She frames change as a step-by-step process rather than a single fix. Coaching elements may be used to support concrete goals like improving communication or reducing workplace reactivity.

Clients can expect a conversational style that names emotions, looks at the history behind patterns, and tries practical next steps. Nguyen asks about what matters most to each person and works together to set realistic, manageable goals.

Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions