Therapist profile
Madalyn Mouanoutoua, LICSW
Minnesota
Licensed clinical social worker - anxiety and trauma
Continue with MadalynWhere Madalyn stands
- Credentials
- LICSW
- License
- LICSW, Minnesota / 31120
- NPI
- 1568184828
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Minnesota
About
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
About Madalyn
Madalyn Mouanoutoua is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, MN LICSW, with five years of clinical experience. She helps adults who feel stuck by anxiety, depression, trauma, eating concerns, or who struggle with people-pleasing and codependency patterns. Sessions are aimed at practical change rather than labels.
Madalyn uses a straightforward approach during sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Her work includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. Attachment-based ideas show up when relationship patterns are a focus, helping people recognize how early bonds shape current interactions.
She keeps sessions focused and collaborative. Clients can expect goal-oriented conversations, skill practice, and check-ins about what is working. The style is practical - setting small, doable steps between meetings.
Madalyn has experience with a range of concerns listed in her profile, including LGBT issues, body image, chronic illness, and boundaries around commitment or dependence. She asks questions and adapts techniques to each person’s situation.
To begin, she asks people to describe current struggles and priorities. From there she and the client pick approaches and skills to try, then review progress regularly.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what they care about and take small actions toward those values. Online sessions can focus on noticing thoughts and choosing value-based steps that fit daily life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets unhelpful thoughts and patterns. In remote sessions this often looks like reviewing situations, testing new behaviors between meetings, and using worksheets or short exercises together.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy provides concrete skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. A therapist can teach and coach these skills over video or phone and then review how they worked in real time.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will help the client decide what methods to try based on current goals, symptoms, and what feels useful. Sessions are collaborative and can shift if something isn’t helping.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, reduce travel time, or have a shorter check-in when needed. Therapists often adapt exercises so people can practice skills between meetings and bring real situations into session discussion.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Minnesota
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, eating issues, and related concerns such as codependency and attachment struggles.
What is her approach in sessions?
She uses client-centered, goal-focused work drawing on CBT, DBT, ACT, and attachment ideas to teach practical skills and plan small steps between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of clinical experience as a practicing LICSW in Minnesota.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) licensed in Minnesota and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.