About Maria
Maria Petrongolo is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who brings 13 years of experience to her practice in New Jersey. She focuses on helping people manage relationship strain, family conflict, self-esteem struggles, and big life changes. She also offers coaching to support clear goals and forward movement.
Maria works with young adults and people facing workplace or school pressures. She provides practical support around body image, eating and food-related issues, and women's health concerns.
How Maria works
She also helps people cope with postpartum depression, seasonal mood changes, and the emotional impact of chronic illness. Her experience extends to caregiving stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and challenges that come with aging and geriatric concerns. Maria listens for how health problems, cancer, or chronic pain affect daily life and relationships.
She helps people sort through difficult medical decisions and emotional fallout. In sessions, Maria aims to build resilience and self-compassion. Conversations focus on concrete steps people can try between meetings.
She guides clients toward clearer priorities and healthier patterns in relationships and at work. People who choose her can expect a supportive, down-to-earth approach. Maria combines practical tools with steady emotional support.
She meets clients where they are and helps them move toward the life they want.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Eating and food-related issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Evidence-informed approaches delivered online
Maria uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional support. One approach emphasizes structured strategies to manage mood and daily routines, helping people reduce symptoms of depression and seasonal mood shifts by establishing clearer habits and coping routines. Another approach centers on interpersonal skills and communication so people can improve relationship dynamics and work or family interactions through clearer boundaries and better problem-solving.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose and adapt techniques based on needs, goals, and what feels most helpful. Sessions look different depending on the concern and the person, and adjustments are made as progress is tracked.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. Video is useful when visual cues matter, while phone sessions can be easier when lower bandwidth is needed. Shorter check-ins or ongoing written conversation work well through live chat or text for brief support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or medical appointments.
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