About Maria
Maria Holguin helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, family conflict, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 12 years of experience in California. She speaks English and focuses on practical support to help people move forward.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She treats each person as the expert on their life and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions focus on small, useful steps that can change day-to-day life.
How Maria works
She aims to make taking the first step feel safer and more doable. Maria draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. She works to understand what is causing day-to-day stress and helps people develop clearer ways to cope.
Conversations often include skills for managing anxiety, routines to support mood, and ways to strengthen confidence. She supports people through grief and loss by creating space to name what is hard while finding practical ways to carry on. With family concerns she helps individuals talk through issues and identify actions that reduce tension.
The approach stays focused on what a person can try between sessions to see real change. Sessions are offered through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Maria uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to availability.
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
- Family conflicts
- Grief
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Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approach and online sessions that fit your life
Maria uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and problem solving. One common approach helps people learn specific ways to manage anxiety and stress, such as breathing and grounding practices and step-by-step plans for handling difficult moments. Another approach centers on building self-esteem and motivation by identifying strengths, setting small goals, and practicing new behaviors that increase confidence.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will ask about a person’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day challenges, and then suggest techniques that seem like a good fit. If something doesn’t work, adjustments are made so the plan better matches what a person needs and can use.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow for a face-to-face conversation when time and bandwidth allow. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, reflections between sessions, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options aim to make ongoing support more flexible and accessible.
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