- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness practice
- Psychodynamic work
About Maxine
Maxine Rabinowe is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 43 years of professional experience in Massachusetts. She helps people who are carrying difficult feelings tied to family, loss, trauma, self-esteem, and life transitions. She works with adults who are trying to make sense of painful memories, heavy guilt, or shame.
Her approach centers on listening and on the person's experience. She uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. She also draws on mindfulness practices to help people notice their thoughts and feelings without being overwhelmed by them.
Maxine brings long experience with family of origin issues, communication problems, and patterns linked to narcissism. She has worked with grief, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and with people managing chronic illness or caregiving stress. These areas often overlap, and she helps people untangle how one concern affects another.
In sessions she focuses on clear conversation about what happened and what the person needs now. She helps people name feelings, understand repetitive patterns, and consider practical steps they can try between meetings. Work can include talking about past trauma, looking at self-esteem, and practicing mindfulness exercises.
Practical matters such as scheduling and how sessions are delivered are handled up front. Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire to get started. The goal is steady, understandable work that fits the person's life and priorities.
How her approaches translate to online work
Maxine uses client-centered therapy to follow the person's concerns and priorities, letting each session focus on what feels most urgent. That approach is about listening carefully and responding to what the client brings each week rather than following a rigid plan.She also works with mindfulness techniques to help people notice breath, bodily sensations, or recurring thoughts. Those practices can be guided in a session and practiced between meetings to help manage strong emotions. Her psychodynamic work looks at longer-term patterns and relationships that shape current feelings and decisions, useful when guilt or shame link back to family history.
Choosing the right mix of methods is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to decide whether short-term practical skills, mindfulness practice, or deeper psychodynamic reflection suits their goals. That decision can change over time as needs shift.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time from the process. Licensed professionals can use these advantages to help sessions feel manageable within everyday routines.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
43+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts, Vermont
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
How does she approach therapy?
She uses client-centered methods and listens to what matters most to the person, adding mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas as needed.
How much experience does she have?
She has 43 years of professional work experience in clinical practice.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LICSW licensed in Massachusetts.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify specific formats.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.