Maxine Brown-Sartor, LPC

Maxine Brown-Sartor is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in South Carolina with eight years of experience. She works with adults and young people on family and parenting concerns, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and related challenges. Her background includes school counseling and community behavioral work that informs how she supports parents and caregivers.

She spent time as a school counselor and as a behavioral specialist, helping families with behavior plans and linking them to community resources. She has delivered individual and group work in homes and helped families access special education supports and developmental services. Being a parent to a child with special needs shaped her understanding of daily family stress and advocacy needs.

Maxine uses a client-centered approach while drawing on cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness practices. She teaches concrete skills like positive self-talk, journaling, and breathing or grounding techniques. She models these methods in session so clients can try them and then use them at home.

Her work often focuses on practical problems at home - parenting strain, grief, anger, intimacy-related difficulties, sleeping issues, and coping with life changes. She also addresses concerns such as addictions, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and post-traumatic stress when they affect daily family life. She pays attention to safety and will evaluate self-harm risk when needed.

Sessions emphasize clear steps people can practice between meetings. Maxine helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and rehearse different responses. She also points families toward community supports when appropriate and explains how to connect with those services.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions