About Maria
Maria Daly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. She works with individuals navigating relationship and intimacy concerns, LGBT issues, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions. Maria practices from Illinois and offers services in English, including to international clients.
Her style is patient and collaborative. Maria uses clear explanations and practical tools. She focuses on what people want to change and sets goals together.
How Maria works
Sessions aim to help people feel more capable and steady in daily life. Maria blends several evidence-based methods to meet each person's needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take meaningful steps.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behavior. Attachment-Based ideas inform work around connection and intimacy. Trauma-focused techniques are offered for people processing abuse or painful past events.
Mindfulness practices are used to build emotional awareness and reduce reactivity. These approaches are introduced at a comfortable pace and adjusted as therapy proceeds. Maria emphasizes education and practical skills alongside emotional processing.
She helps people understand why they feel stuck and then practices new responses in session. Her goal is to support growth, stronger coping, and better day-to-day functioning.
Maria lists 5 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit online therapy
Maria often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people name their values and take small actions that align with them. ACT is useful when someone feels stuck or overwhelmed and wants a clearer sense of direction.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at patterns of connection and closeness. This work can help people understand how past relationships shape current trust and intimacy issues.
Maria will collaborate with each person to find the best approach. She discusses goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then adapts methods over time. Figuring out the right fit is part of the work together rather than a one-time choice.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversations, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping treatment consistent and goal-oriented.
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