About Maria
Maria Castro is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington. She has 12 years of clinical experience and offers services in English and Spanish. She focuses on helping people through anxiety, depression, trauma, and life changes.
She uses a person-centered approach that treats clients as the experts on their own lives. That means she listens first and helps people set goals that matter to them. Her work is rooted in respect, inclusivity, and compassion.
How Maria works
Maria draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also uses solution-focused steps to identify small, practical changes that add up over time. Sessions are tailored to each person rather than following a fixed script.
Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns such as stress, parenting struggles, relationship and communication problems, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar mood issues, ADHD, and postpartum depression. She also supports people coping with grief, dissociation, domestic violence, and trauma from abuse or disaster. Clients can expect a calm, strengths-based tone and clear, practical suggestions during sessions.
Maria encourages collaborative work toward specific goals and helps people build skills they can use between sessions. The aim is steady progress toward greater emotional balance and day-to-day functioning.
Maria lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Maria works with
The areas below are the ones Maria selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Online support options
Approach-focused care through online therapy
Maria commonly combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques. Client-centered therapy means the therapist listens deeply, follows the person's lead, and helps them set goals that matter. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot patterns of thought that increase distress and try practical behavior changes to improve mood and coping.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Maria collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. The two approaches above are often blended so sessions stay focused and practical.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video gives face-to-face contact for deeper conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer quick touchpoints and flexible ways to track progress between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and daily life while using approaches that emphasize clear goals and step-by-step change.
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