About Maria
Maria Gonzalez is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks English and Spanish and offers practical support for obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, and specific phobias. Maria aims to create a respectful, empathetic space where people feel heard and understood.
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps people can try between meetings.
How Maria works
She adapts conversation and strategies to fit each person's needs rather than applying one set method to everyone. Maria draws on several therapy styles to guide work in session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for managing strong emotions and reducing harmful reactions. Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the center of the work and guides the pace. She also uses elements of Emotionally-Focused Therapy to deepen understanding of feelings, and Motivational Interviewing to support shifts in motivation and follow-through.
These methods are mixed to match the issue and the person’s goals. Taking a first step can feel hard. Maria supports people with gentle encouragement, practical tools, and an emphasis on small, manageable progress.
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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.
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Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person’s own perspective and pace, offering empathic listening and collaboration to help people clarify what matters most to them. This approach is useful when someone wants a space to process feelings and set personal goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. It is practical for anxiety, depression, obsessive thoughts, and phobias because it breaks problems into clear steps and skills to practice between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. It can help people who struggle with intense emotions or impulsive reactions by giving concrete tools to manage moments of high stress.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility across formats. Video calls let people read facial cues and hold in-depth conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setting is easier. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing encouragement, and timely skill reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to fit care into a busy life.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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