About Maureen
Maureen McEachen is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, grief, depression, anxiety, addictions, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She works with adults coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, sleep problems, ADHD, and issues related to aging and caregiving.
Maureen uses a calm, practical style and focuses on what people can do between sessions to feel steadier day to day. She moved to California after many years practicing in the Washington, DC area.
Background and approach
That background included work in mental health and depression, and later a specialty in hospice and palliative care. The hospice focus shaped her approach to grief, serious illness, and end-of-life concerns. In sessions she listens closely and helps people notice what matters to them.
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness to build tolerance for difficult feelings. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered methods to address thinking patterns and practical steps. Maureen brings about ten years of clinical experience to her practice.
She holds both LCSW and LICSW credentials and maintains licensure that covers work in California. She aims to be straightforward and compassionate in each conversation. Clients can expect clear suggestions and small, doable goals between meetings.
Maureen helps people find steady routines, improve communication, and reconnect with life purpose when things feel overwhelming.
How specific approaches guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what truly matters to them and take committed steps toward those values. It is useful when life feels stuck or when difficult emotions get in the way of daily living. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking and highlights practical skills to change patterns that feed anxiety or depression. It works well for sleep problems, worry, and low mood. Mindfulness Therapy helps people build simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and improve calm during stressful moments.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and daily demands. That collaboration can include trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting as needed.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls fit deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging offers brief check-ins or support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to use formats that feel practical and convenient.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English