About Maria
Maria Concepcion is a licensed mental health counselor with 13 years of experience helping people address stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She aims to make sessions feel like a calm conversation rather than a formal test. Maria blends direct guidance with warmth so clients can move toward their goals at a steady pace.
She focuses on practical tools that change how people think and act. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, among other approaches, guides much of her work because it helps identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
How Maria works
Sessions include talking, short exercises, and step-by-step practice between meetings. Maria asks for active participation. That can mean messaging between sessions, short assignments, or reflection exercises designed to reveal patterns that affect mood and behavior.
She uses those discoveries to shape a plan that fits each person's life and aims. Her practice also addresses issues such as addiction and codependency, trauma and abuse, sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain, work stress, and identity questions related to LGBT matters. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family problems, caregiver stress, and communication struggles.
Maria offers sessions in English and Spanish and works with clients in Florida. She combines compassion with straightforward feedback and encourages realistic steps toward change. The goal is measurable progress built from simple daily practices and clearer thinking.
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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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes by shifting attention toward meaningful steps. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape expectations and emotional reactions, and it helps people make different choices in current relationships and feel more supported. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises to change patterns that cause distress.Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods together, adjusting plans based on what helps. This collaborative process aims to match techniques to the issues and to your preferred pace of change.
Online sessions can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text messaging support quick questions, homework check-ins, or ongoing encouragement between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible around work, caregiving, and daily routines.
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