About Max
Max Higa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who offers calm, practical support for people feeling stuck or overwhelmed. He draws on six years of experience to help with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and issues related to identity and relationships. He aims to create a straightforward space where people can tell their stories and start making changes.
He uses approaches that focus on values, thoughts, and skills. Sessions often include learning simple tools for handling strong emotions.
Background and approach
Conversations are centered on each person’s goals and real-life challenges rather than labels. Max has worked with people facing trauma, addiction, anger, and intimacy challenges. He also helps those struggling with shame, isolation, and problems tied to attachment and dependent patterns.
He pays attention to how identity and prejudice affect mental health, including LGBTQ matters. In sessions he mixes practical skill-building with reflective talking. Clients might practice grounding techniques, track patterns in thinking, or set small steps toward a chosen value.
The work is collaborative and paced to what each person can manage. He offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Max practices in Colorado and conducts therapy in English.
Approaches and online sessions that focus on values and skills
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people name what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are intense. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and issues tied to meaning and identity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going, and teaches practical exercises to shift those patterns. It is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, listening stance where the therapist follows the person’s lead and supports their own problem-solving.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels helpful, then try methods that fit the person’s needs. That collaboration helps tailor sessions so tools and conversations match real-life goals.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, skill practice between sessions, or when someone needs to write through thoughts. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy days.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English