Maura Plourde

Maura Plourde is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in North Carolina with 15 years of experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. Maura also focuses on concerns such as aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and questions about life purpose.

Maura aims to keep conversations practical and focused. She listens to what is most troubling and helps people set small, manageable steps forward. Sessions often center on clarifying priorities, improving everyday coping, and addressing unhelpful thinking patterns that increase worry or low mood.

Her approach pulls from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused methods. That means she can help someone notice thought patterns, test small changes, and stay motivated to try new behaviors. Meetings can include problem-solving, goal-setting, and revisiting what matters most after a change such as loss or role shifts.

Maura has experience supporting people through end-of-life concerns, forgiveness, guilt, and separation. She also works with issues around money stress, communication difficulties, and isolation. Conversations are practical and paced to the person’s readiness to change.

Her practice supports people coping with chronic conditions, impulsivity, and body image worries. Language offered is English and international clients are not accepted. To begin, clients follow the site's matching process and schedule a first session.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Maura uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in straightforward ways. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the person so they can name priorities and decide next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior experiments to test different outcomes.

Finding the best mix of methods is part of the work together. Maura will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will decide which approaches to try and when to adjust them. That collaborative planning lets sessions focus on manageable changes and real-life problems.

The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how meetings are held. Online sessions can make it easier to check in during a lunch break, have a shorter follow-up conversation, or meet without needing to be in the same town as a licensed professional.