Max Livada, LPC | Supervisee

Max (he/him/his) is a Licensed Professional Counselor, graduating with his master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Dayton. He has worked in a number of different settings, including an inpatient residential psychiatric unit, college counseling center, and private practice.

He enjoys working with adolescents and adults with variety of mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression, ADHD, substance use, trauma, personality disorders, relationships, existential crises, identity construction, and career exploration/transitions.

Max engages in therapy with a wholistic, integrative, and client-centered approach grounded in existential therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), internal family systems therapy (IFS), and solution-focused brief therapy. He believes in the balance of Eastern philosophy with Western neuroscience and medicine to help clients build authentic and meaningful lives full of purpose. In creating a warm, collaborative, and safe environment, clients can hope to gain valuable insight, coping skills, and awareness in order to create and sustain change.

Outside the office, he enjoys writing essays and science-fiction short stories, reading, being in nature, watching sports, seeing live music, and playing video/board games.

Max will be under the supervision of Amy Pfeiffer Nims, MA, PCC-S.