About Maria
Maria O'Donnell is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She supports work on self-esteem, motivation, and confidence. Maria encourages clients to take the first step and recognizes that starting therapy takes courage.
Maria centers sessions on each person’s experience and strengths. She treats the client as an expert in their own life and helps them build practical skills that fit their day-to-day.
How Maria works
Sessions focus on clear goals and small, workable steps toward those goals. Her approach pulls from several evidence-based methods, including acceptance and commitment strategies, cognitive behavior work, and mindfulness practices. These methods are used to reduce painful symptoms, increase meaningful action, and improve emotional awareness.
Motivational interviewing techniques support people who want to find stronger motivation for change. In a session, Maria listens without judgment and asks questions that clarify values and priorities. She uses practical exercises and simple techniques to practice new habits between meetings.
Therapy often includes work on attachment patterns, boundaries, and managing shame and guilt. Maria has three years of professional experience as an LCSW. She works with adults on concerns such as panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, codependency, control issues, and challenges related to parenting.
Sessions are offered in English and conducted online in formats that suit each person's needs.
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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How these approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values, even when emotions are hard. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and finding direction in life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought patterns and testing them with practical experiments and exercises to reduce symptoms like panic and worry. CBT often includes short homework tasks between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and creating a supportive space where the client leads the pace and content of change; this approach helps people feel heard and build self-trust.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different techniques, then tailor methods over time in a collaborative way. Adjustments happen as the client notices what helps and what doesn’t.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer practical flexibility. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is low or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow ongoing support between sessions and quick reflections without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different ways of working until the best fit is found.
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A practical next step
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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