Maxine Brown-Sartor

Maxine Brown-Sartor is an LPC who helps people manage stress, sleep problems, anxiety, and parenting challenges. She works with teens and adults and focuses on practical ways to improve daily life. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at people who want hands-on tools and clear steps.

She draws on eight years of clinical experience combined with longer work in school and community settings. That background includes school counseling, behavioral specialist roles, and providing individual and group therapy in homes. Those roles involved advising families about community supports and special education resources when children had developmental needs.

As a parent of a child with special needs she brings firsthand understanding of the daily pressures families face. She has helped young people build social skills, independent living skills, and better self-esteem. Those experiences inform how she talks with parents and teens about realistic, manageable changes.

In sessions she listens closely and encourages clients to try simple, evidence-based techniques. She teaches positive self-talk, mindfulness, and journaling, and models those practices during meetings. She will also assess for self-harm behaviors when needed and respond directly to safety concerns.

Her approach emphasizes collaboration. She helps clients spot unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors. For concerns such as grief, trauma, addictions, ADHD, or sleep difficulties she aims to return discussions to clear actions people can use between sessions.

How her approaches fit into online therapy