Maudeen Jordan , LCSW

Maudeen Jordan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) whose professional path spans work as a social worker and counselor, grounded in a graduate degree from California State University in San Jose and completion of her clinical social work license in 1990. She has worked with developmentally disabled children and their parents, maintained a private practice supporting people with depression, PTSD, anxiety, and grief, and served as a Hospice Bereavement Coordinator offering counseling to bereaved children, individuals, and groups.

Her clinical style is warm, kind, and approachable, built on the belief that each person is the expert on their own life. Maudeen draws on an eclectic mix of methods that she has found effective, including EMDR for trauma work and a client-centered approach that emphasizes strengths and small, achievable steps toward goals. She encourages journaling as a practical tool for self-understanding, self-compassion, and goal attainment, and often offers brief assignments and communication exercises to practice with family and friends.

Personal experience has informed her professional focus - she supported a family member as a long-distance care provider in later life and values consistent self-care for caregivers. Maudeen has combined counseling and life coaching skills in her recent work, closing a counseling office in 2018, writing a book, and building an online coaching practice. She integrates spiritual and religious perspectives, meditation, and yoga into her approach when appropriate, and offers specialized grief work to help people heal from separations from original beliefs and the associated guilt. Maudeen aims to be a reflective partner in therapy, helping clients clarify what matters most and find pathways that fit their unique lives.

Approaches, Collaboration, and Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist, emphasizing empathy, active listening, and support for the client’s own insights. This approach helps people who want to explore values, gain confidence, and make changes at their own pace.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method Maudeen values for helping people process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional impact. It is often used for PTSD and trauma-related symptoms and can be integrated with other therapeutic work.

Mindfulness Therapy involves practices that increase present-moment awareness and self-compassion, such as breathing exercises and gentle attention to thoughts and feelings. It can help with stress, anxiety, and improving emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Maudeen works with clients to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, adapting techniques over time so therapy aligns with each person’s needs.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or travel and allow clients to continue care when in-person visits are not practical. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver the same therapeutic principles and supportive relationship that guide in-person work.