About Maria
Maria Karayianni is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of experience. He focuses on practical support for people feeling stressed, anxious, or low in confidence. He also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, eating and body-image worries, and struggles tied to life changes.
He believes clients know their own stories and brings a respectful, curious style to sessions. Conversations aim to clarify what matters most and find small, doable steps forward.
How Maria works
Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Maria uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time. That work can help when old feelings get in the way of current goals.
He also uses solution-focused techniques to set clear goals and build practical strategies for immediate problems. Over two decades of practice in California have given him experience with a wide range of concerns, including depression, LGBT issues, isolation, and financial stress. He also supports people facing cancer, hoarding behaviors, gender dysphoria, and feelings of emptiness or low self-love.
Sessions are offered in English and Greek and available through multiple online formats. Beginning therapy starts with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling, so people can choose what fits their life.
Maria lists 2 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.
Also listed
- Body image
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Gender dysphoria
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English, Greek |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online care
Maria uses psychodynamic therapy to help people notice patterns that keep showing up in their relationships and feelings. This approach looks at past influences and current behavior to bring awareness to repeated reactions and emotional habits.He also uses solution-focused therapy to identify small, practical changes that move a person toward their goals. That method is goal-oriented and often includes targeted steps to handle immediate problems like anxiety, low motivation, or relationship conflicts.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Maria will listen to your goals and preferences, and then suggest a mix of methods that match what you want to work on. Together you will adjust the plan as progress is made or needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexible ways to connect. Video is useful for deeper conversation, phone works well for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is hard, and chat or messaging can suit brief check-ins or step-by-step coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain regular contact with licensed professionals.
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