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    • 30 Ways to Boost Resilience
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    • Three Brains: What is The Figurative Concept?
    • What is a Healthy Relationship?
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Kathryn Maietta MSW, LCSW

Over the past 40+ years I have been a LCSW (licensed clinical social worker) in Maine and Texas. I have a BASW (Bachelor of Arts in Social Work) from Baylor University in Texas, and a MSW (Masters of Social Work) from Boston University in Massachusetts.

The singular goal of all my social work practice has been to provide clients with the information they need to succeed and thrive in all their relationships, specifically:
• The relationship they have with themselves (self-esteem and confidence) and
• The relationships they have with others (family, friends, co-workers and acquaintances).

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Early Career

For many years I was a human services consultant, developing long range plans, writing grants and conducting evaluations of federal grant recipients. During this time, the clinical aspect of my life was as a social worker at the Penobscot County Jail in Bangor, Maine. As one of the first social workers in the county jail system in Maine, I wrote an inmate mental health risk assessment tool for intake officers.

Mid Career

For much of my clinical career I provided individual and group therapy in the outpatient and intensive outpatient departments of a 100-bed psychiatric hospital. In collaboration with a team of “pioneers”, we brought telehealth services to central Maine. I was promoted to Director of Outpatient Services with oversight of 127 licensed providers in five outpatient departments. While Director I developed a mentoring program for conditionally licensed professionals to obtain their independent licenses.

As the result of a restructuring at the psychiatric hospital, I seized the opportunity to open a private practice.  I provided individual therapy, psychiatric evaluations and expert testimony concerning domestic abuse.  In addition, I provided consultation services to the Department of Health and Human Services (child protective services) and the Maine criminal justice system.

Throughout My Social Work Career

During my social work career, I have supervised and mentored over 60 interns in the fields of social work, professional counseling, substance use counseling and psychiatric nurse practitioner.

For 21 years I was adjunct faculty at the University of Maine where I taught in the Social Work and the Sociology Departments. For two semesters I filled in as field supervisor in the Social Work Department at the University of Maine. At Husson College I was adjunct faculty in the Sociology Department.

For 23 years I was the Director and a co-facilitator of the Penobscot County Batterers’ Intervention Program (“BIP”). This was a program for adult men who had been abusive to their current and/or former intimate partner.

For over 20 years I was active on a state level focusing on ending domestic abuse in Maine. Over 22 years I was appointed by five governors to the Maine Commission Against Domestic and Sexual Abuse. Since its inception 20 years ago I was the batterers’ intervention program representative to the Maine Homicide Review Panel. For many years I was co-chair of the Maine Association of Batterer Intervention Programs.

Nationally I have presented at mental health, child welfare, NASW and criminal justice conferences on issues relating to domestic abuse. My areas of expertise were working with perpetrators of domestic abuse, and how to tell the difference between a batterer (domestic abuse perpetrator) and a person with an anger management problem.

In addition to my national presentations, I was identified as an expert witness in Maine as it relates to domestic abuse and anger management.

In 2018 the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Abuse honored me with their Champion of Change Award.

Later Career

In 2018 my husband and I transitioned from our “day jobs” to new adventures. We sold our house in Maine and have been living the American dream of traveling the country in our motorhome. Now I have the time and emotional resources to focus on: a small discreet private practice, writing books, blogging and being a mentor to other social workers.

My books are available for purchase on Amazon: Crush Your Stress: 302 Coping Skills for Managing Your Stress, Relationships Relearned: A Guide To Achieving Healthy And Successful Relationships, Be Angry But Not Aggressive: 7 Proven Skills For Managing Your Anger, Stop Being Your Own Worst Critic: How To Use Affirmations and Journaling To Improve Your Self-Esteem, The WIN-LOSE BOOK: 20 Tips For Winning And Losing Gracefully In Sports, Politics And Life. How to Tame Your Inner Squirrel: 8 Strategies for Managing Your Distractions. Please feel free to visit my Authors Page on Amazon

How To Tame Your Inner Squirrel: 8 Strategies for Managing Your Distractions

Front book cover of How To Tame Your Inner Squirrel: 8 Strategies for Managing Your Distractions

The Win-Lose Book: 20 Tips For Winning And Losing Gracefully In Sports Politics and Life

The Win-Lose Book: 20 Tips for Winning and Losing Gracefully in Sports, Politics and Life.

Stop Being Your Own Worst Critic – Using Affirmations and Journaling to Improve Your Self-Esteem

Front cover of the book - Stop Being Your Own Worst Critic: How to Use Affirmations and Journaling to Improve Your Self-Esteem.

Be Angry, But Not Aggressive – 7 Proven Skills For Managing Your Anger

Be Angry, But Not Aggressive book cover. The book introduces 7 proven skills for managing your anger.

Relationships Relearned – A Guide to Achieving Healthy and Successful Relationships

Relationships Relearned Book Cover. Relationships Relearned book is a guide to achieving healthy and successful relationships.

Crush Your Stress – 302 Coping skills for Managing Your Stress

Crush Your Stress - 302 Coping Skills for Managing Your Stress book cover

My Most Recent Blog Posts

  • Strengthening & Enforcing Boundaries: Your How to Guide October 7, 2025
  • Red Flags: An Excerpt From My Relationships Relearned Book September 23, 2025
  • Real Information, Disinformation, Misinformation and Malinformation September 9, 2025
  • How is Your Self-Esteem and Confidence? August 26, 2025
  • Finding Levi, the 1st Story in The Charlotte Novella Series August 21, 2025
  • Loss Aversion – Do You Focus More on Losses Than Wins? August 12, 2025
  • Five Important Coping Skills for a Restful Sleep July 29, 2025
  • Why Are Setting Goals Powerful? July 15, 2025
  • Aggression – The 10 Types From My Anger Management Book July 1, 2025
  • Affects of “The Shoulds,” “FOND,” and “Productivity Anxiety June 17, 2025

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About me

Kathryn Maietta, MSW is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Maine and Texas and the author of six self-help books. As an RVing Nomad, she has explored all 48 contiguous states.

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