Hello, I'm Maxine Golden
Parent Coach and Clinical Director, Center for Parent Coaching, Brainspotting & Therapy
Maxine Golden, RMFTI, is a Parent Coach, Attachment-Focused Trauma Specialist, Certified Brainspotting Practitioner, Author, and Consultant to child welfare and adoption agencies. With over 25 years of experience and more than 14,000 sessions led, she specializes in adoption counseling and in guiding foster, adoptive, and kinship families out of survival mode and into calm, connected regulation.
Maxine’s clinical approach integrates somatic tools, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), and Polyvagal Theory under a single guiding belief: healing isn't about fixing you. It's about freeing you to connect.
Maxine holds an MA in Marriage & Family Therapy with Honors. She is a Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern (FL), is currently pursuing her PhD in Temperament Theory, and is the host of The Adoption Parenting Playbook Podcast.
Education
- PhD student, Temperament Theory
- MA, Marriage & Family Therapy (with Honors)
- MA, Pastoral Counseling
- BA, Social Work (UK)
- BA, Social Policy & Public Administration
Certifications & Training
- Adoption-Competent Trained
- Attachment-Focused Therapy
- Autism Disorder Clinical Specialist Certified
- Brainspotting Practitioner Certified
- Play Therapy Certified
- Somatic Therapy Certified
- TBRI Practitioner
- Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Her Approach
Maxine’s work blends:
- Neuroscience
- Attachment Theory
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Faith-centered principles
This unique integration allows her clients to not only process deep emotional wounds but to restore balance between drive and peace.
So you don’t have to choose between success and inner calm.
You can have both.
What Clients Experience
THROUGH BRAINSPOTTING AND TRAUMA-INFORMED THERAPY, CLIENTS OFTEN EXPERIENCE:
- Deeper emotional regulation
- Increased clarity and focus
- Greater creativity and flow
- Stronger, healthier relationships
- A grounded sense of peace even in high-pressure environments
This isn’t surface-level work.
It’s transformation that lasts.
Her Mission
To empower, equip, and transform the lives of children and their caregivers by partnering with state and government agencies, foster care networks, and adoption organizations to deliver trauma-informed training, restore family stability, and build lasting emotional connection.