Telehealth · New York · Maine · Delaware · Florida

Online therapy for adults in Maine

Out-of-network telehealth psychotherapy from Matthew Sexton, LCSW, NATC — a clinician licensed in Maine who works with Mainers who hold everyone else together, rural clients without a local specialist, healthcare workers, and survivors of coercive or antagonistic relationships. Depth-oriented work for complex trauma, narcissistic-abuse recovery, burnout, and high-functioning anxiety, conducted over secure video from wherever you are in the state.

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Why telehealth makes sense in Maine

Maine is one of the most rural states in the country, and access to specialized mental-health care reflects it. Outside Portland, finding a clinician trained specifically in complex trauma or narcissistic-abuse recovery often means a long drive, a long wait, or both. Telehealth changes the math: if you are physically in Maine, from Kittery to Aroostook County, you can see an in-state-licensed clinician over secure video without the two-hour round trip.

What I help with

The work here is depth-oriented and pattern-focused rather than worksheet-driven. These are the specialties clients most often come to Maine telehealth for — each has its own detailed guide:

• Narcissistic abuse recovery
• Complex PTSD
• Burnout & moral injury
• High-functioning anxiety
• Healthcare-worker therapy
• Executive pressure & isolation
• Adult children of difficult parents

How online therapy works in Maine

Sessions are 50 minutes over secure, encrypted video. Because telehealth is regulated by the state where you are sitting, you need to be physically located in Maine (or New York, Maine, or Delaware) at the time of each session. That is a licensing rule, not a preference.

This is an out-of-network practice at $225 per session. That means no insurance company sits between us deciding how many sessions you are allowed or what you are permitted to work on. After each session you receive a superbill you can submit to your plan for possible out-of-network reimbursement. Whether that math works for you is one of the things the first call is for.

Serving adults across Maine: Portland · Lewiston · Bangor · Augusta · South Portland · Biddeford, and everywhere in between.

Frequently asked questions

• Are you licensed to provide therapy in Maine?

  Yes. Matthew Sexton, LCSW is licensed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Maine, and also in New York, Maine, and Delaware. Telehealth is regulated by the state where the client is physically located during the session, so you must be in Maine at the time of each appointment.

• Can therapy really be done online in Maine?

  Yes. The APA Guidelines for the Practice of Telepsychology recognize secure video as a legitimate format, and outcome research finds telehealth psychotherapy comparable to in-person care for trauma, anxiety, and depression. The work — reality-testing, nervous-system regulation, attachment repair — translates without loss to video, and many clients find it easier to open up from a space they control.

• Do you take Maine insurance?

  No. This is an out-of-network practice at $225 per session. A superbill is provided after each session, which you can submit to your insurer for possible out-of-network reimbursement depending on your plan. Out-of-network means no insurer sits between us deciding what care you are allowed to have.

• What if I travel out of Maine?

  Because telehealth is governed by where you are sitting during the session, appointments happen when you are physically in Maine (or in New York, Maine, or Delaware, where Matthew is also licensed). If you are traveling elsewhere, we simply schedule around it. This is a licensing rule, not a preference.

• How do I start therapy in Maine?

  It starts with a free 20-minute call. That call is for figuring out whether this is the right fit — what you are dealing with, how the work would go, and any practical questions about scheduling or cost. There is no obligation and no pressure.