About Maggie
Maggie Moore, MA, LPCC
(She/Her/Hers)
Loyola Marymount University
University of Wisconsin- Madison
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Maggie Moore (she/her) is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who collaborates with clients to alleviate symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress and trauma, and to resolve relationship concerns. She partners with her clients not only in pursuit of symptom relief, but ultimately in pursuit of a deeper self-knowing and sense of resilience. Maggie provides caring and attuned presence, and accompanies her clients on their brave journeys inward. A systemic approach allows her to view each person within the context of family, community and culture. Given that our brains are shaped by our experiences, you are the way you are largely because of what you’ve been through. Looking at problems through a systemic lens welcomes self-compassion- an essential source of emotional fuel for the hard work that clients invest in their therapy.
Maggie’s work is informed by Interpersonal Neurobiology, Attachment Theory, Developmental Psychology, Polyvagal Theory, and Mindfulness. This toolkit makes therapy sessions with Maggie individualized. She embraces new lessons every day, brought to her generously by her clients and colleagues. Maggie’s training in evidence-based practices guides her work (Community Resiliency Model, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy, Seeking Safety, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Child Parent Psychotherapy, and Reflective Parenting Program). She may pull from more than one approach to meet your needs. Her work environments have included wilderness therapy, multidisciplinary clinical settings, and field/home-based community mental health.
Maggie has lived in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Spain, and Colombia, and is happy to provide therapeutic services in English or Spanish. Maggie earned her Bachelors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her Masters in Clinical Counseling at Loyola Marymount University and her clinical internship at the Los Angeles LGBT Center focused on relational dynamics and domestic violence prevention and intervention. Her clinical training centered LGBTQ+ affirming approaches and she embraces a "lifelong student" mindset while centering anti-racism and cultural humility in her practice. Her highest intention is to “do no harm,” and her greatest wish is that you feel most welcome in her therapy office.
Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health:
We were all babies once! Since infancy is where each of our foundations were laid, Maggie finds the Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health perspective to be a helpful paradigm when working with adults too. While working with Maggie in therapy, many adults have found it helpful to pinpoint the times when their perhaps well-meaning caregivers fell short in supporting their development. Maggie may prompt you to take the stance of “caring observer,” and apply gentleness and self-compassion as you make sense of the events in your life. When we understand what happened to us from a developmental perspective, we can grieve for the things we may have missed out on as kids- perhaps a feeling of safety or nurturance- and we can begin to enjoy new experiences that may not have been possible in the past. Some people call this “healing.”
Maggie has a subspecialty in Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health and is a current fellow in the Napa Infant-Parent Mental Health Fellowship through UC Davis. “Infant-early childhood mental health, sometimes referred to as social and emotional health, is the developing capacity of the child from birth to 5 years of age to form close and secure adult and peer relationships; experience, manage, and express a full range of emotions; and explore the environment and learn—all in the context of family, community, and culture.” (Zero to Three) Maggie offers therapeutic services for children 0-5 and their families who are experiencing trauma, big life changes, developmental concerns, and/or challenging behaviors. She enjoys supporting families from pregnancy to birth, to postpartum and beyond.
Maggie lives in LA with her partner, a fellow Midwesterner. Maggie feels physically and emotionally anchored by her yoga practice. She strives for class attendance a few times a week and strives for self-compassion when she falls short.
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