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There’s a reason why you do the thing you do that isn’t working for you, and together we can figure out what that is, and invite transformative change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f05dec2a6e2e7abad60675/7c6a1e6e-9a73-4e36-b594-a03ad4f79a32/648A4192.jpg Home - Hi, I’m Francesca Maximé, LCSW, LICSW NY, FL & MA I’m a Haitian-Dominican Italian-American somatic psychotherapist and antiracism educator. I host the ReRooted podcast on Ram Dass’s Be Here Now Network on spirituality, mindfulness, trauma, neuroscience and the creative arts. I’m an award-winning poet and trauma educator, keynote speaker, and former television news anchor. There are lots of other things I could say about myself, but let me say this: for years, I tried traditional therapy - I knew the “bad things'' that had happened to me, the ways in which I had a “good childhood,” but still had this nagging sense that my needs weren’t met. I had losses, trauma, and relationship ruptures that cut very deep. And yet - when I discovered the winning trifecta of Buddhist psychology/mindfulness, somatic work and neuroscience, everything changed. Everything started to make sense! And from that place, I could unburden and unpack all the beliefs I held, the limitations I’d felt, and the ways in which I felt trapped. I moved from anxiety and a feeling of “not enough” to a greater sense of wholeness and wellbeing. After nearly two decades as a television news anchor, I pivoted to doing the kind of work I’m now offering you: because I want to offer to you the tools and insights that have been so transformative to me, and pass it forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f05dec2a6e2e7abad60675/74c1e6e9-db20-4c0e-a77b-93e645441b47/pexels-michael-burrows-7147701.jpg Home - Individual Therapy Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 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Nam rutrum urna justo,. https://www.maximetherapy.com/couples-family-therapy daily 0.75 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f05dec2a6e2e7abad60675/e5f0e0a8-0a95-4718-879b-4b16d769fb29/Maxime%CC%81-Therapy-Couples-Therapist-LGBTQ-NYC.jpg Couples & Family Therapy Together We’ll… Honor your inherent basic goodness (your “enough-ness” and “ok-ness”) Work with the hurt and angry parts that are acting out Get to the deeper place of connection and true intimacy I’m certified in Terry Real’s Relational Life Therapy (RLT) model for couples and families and completed certification in Intimacy From the Inside Out/IFIO, the Internal Family Systems relationship therapy model as well. I also integrate Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), PACT, Gottman, Imago, and non-violent communication techniques. We get to the underlying issues, and teach skills that you can continue to use together in future. Working together, we will: • Quickly identify your couple’s dynamic and each partner’s relational stance. • Ask the right questions that cut to the heart of your couple’s presenting problem. • Directly and lovingly tell the truth in a way that builds trust. • Conduct deep inner child work in the couples context for deeper transformation. • Teach you the relational skills you need to move into true intimacy and teamwork. https://www.maximetherapy.com/faqs daily 0.75 2025-04-29 https://www.maximetherapy.com/individual-therapy daily 0.75 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Individual Therapy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Individual Therapy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg Individual Therapy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f05dec2a6e2e7abad60675/68429444-8a8b-474e-b7ab-d6cea275b558/-javier-de-los-santos-TtU1psXi3q0-unsplash.jpg Individual Therapy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f05dec2a6e2e7abad60675/1c3535d7-f786-4e33-a19b-b7615c2bc5b6/-Francesca-Maxime-Therapy-NYC.jpg Individual Therapy - But sometimes we don’t realize what might have been missing. How even though we got through, we deserved more than what we got. Without complaint, we’ll touch into the sense of loneliness or anger that might be underneath your tendency to withdraw, freeze, or act out. We’ll pull out the weeds and get at the root of the problem, giving “the flower of you” the water, sun and fertilizer it needs to grow. No two people are the same: some are cacti and need lots of sun and little water, some are sunflowers and need lots of both. 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