About Maria
Maria Farraye-Biggs is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of experience. She meets people where they are and helps them tackle stress, anxiety, mood struggles, relationship issues, and parenting concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish to match the client's comfort level.
She draws on a range of approaches and tailors them to each person's needs. Maria listens closely and focuses on building a trusting relationship before moving into goals and strategies.
How Maria works
She values honesty, warmth, and a straightforward style in sessions. In practical work she mixes short-term techniques with deeper exploration. That can mean setting small, manageable goals, practicing new skills, or looking at past patterns that keep showing up.
She also provides education about conditions like ADHD, mood disorders, and postpartum depression to help people understand what they are facing. Her background includes running a independent practice and working across a variety of care settings. Maria has lived experience with immigration and parenting an ADHD child, and she draws on that to empathize with life challenges many people face.
She emphasizes strength-based ideas so clients can see their resources. Therapy with Maria is collaborative and paced to each person. She supports practical problem solving and emotional understanding.
The goal is clearer thinking, better coping, and progress toward the life someone wants.
Maria lists 6 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
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic Approaches Applied Online
Client-centered work emphasizes listening and building a strong working relationship. It focuses on understanding a person's perspective and helping them lead the direction of change, which is helpful for stress, identity issues, and parenting challenges.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) concentrates on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete skills and exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood swings, and improve day-to-day functioning.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and express core emotions and mend patterns in close relationships. It can be useful for intimacy-related concerns and communication difficulties.
Choosing the right approach is cooperative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, try methods that fit, and adapt as progress is made. The process is flexible and guided by what feels most useful for the person's situation.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging allow ongoing contact, quick notes between sessions, and easier scheduling around work or family demands. These formats make it simpler to get consistent care while fitting therapy into a busy life.
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