Maihnia Lee, LCSW (She/Her/Hers)
Maihnia Lee is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) working as a Psychotherapist at And Still We Rise.
Maihnia graduated with a Masters of Social Work at Boston College and earned certificates in Trauma and Neuroscience in Social Work. During her final year, Maihnia was a fellow through the Council of Social Work Education Minority Fellowship Program and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers Behavioral Health Internship Pipeline Program. For her undergraduate degree, Maihnia studied at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) earning a Bachelor's of Art degree in Anthropology.
As a Hmong-American, Southeast Asian, daughter of refugees, and LGBTQ-identified, and bilingual clinician, Maihnia's work is grounded in intersectionality. Guided by a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and health liberation framework, Maihnia aims to center her work on working alongside and empowering her clients. Maihnia's clinical work is relational-based, client-centered, and culturally aware by following the client's lead of what is most important and valuable to them. She draws from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy, and Psychodynamic Theory to inform her clinical work, weaving in concepts related to mindfulness, grounding, and psychoeducation. Maihnia specializes in working with adults and couples and is open to working with youth/adolescents. Issues that Maihnia has experience engaging with include trauma, attachment ruptures, systemic oppression, and displacement due to war and other atrocities.
When not in the office, you can find Maihnia taking long walks in nature, biking, practicing yoga, reading a book or two, and snuggling up to her cat, Monday.
Maihnia is fluent in English and conversationally fluent in Hmong.
Insurances Accepted:
Private Pay
Optum
Harvard Pilgrim
Aetna
Tufts Commercial Plan
BCBS
