About Maria
Maria Slaughter is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with seven years of experience. She draws on clinical and life experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. Maria aims to create a warm, accepting space where clients can set goals and work toward practical change.
Maria uses straightforward conversation to help people untangle immediate problems. She listens first, then helps identify small, actionable steps to reduce overwhelm.
How Maria works
Sessions often focus on skills for coping with difficult feelings and improving daily functioning. Her background includes work in hospice, HIV support roles, and community organizations serving LGBT populations. That experience informs her understanding of grief, end-of-life concerns, and long-term stress.
She has supported people through career transitions, relationship struggles, and identity questions. Maria holds a Master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University in social administration and a Bachelor’s from Cleveland State University. She also completed an associate degree at Cuyahoga Community College.
Her licensure is listed as OH LISW and GA LCSW, and she practices from Georgia. In sessions she blends a client-centered, strengths-based stance with practical techniques. Expect a relaxed, collaborative approach that focuses on clear goals.
Maria helps people build tools for coping, improving self-esteem, and navigating change.
Maria lists 4 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
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | LISW, LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding your needs. The therapist follows your lead, reflects what matters to you, and helps set goals based on your priorities. This approach is useful for people who want a supportive, nonjudgmental space to talk through feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Sessions include practical exercises and simple strategies to change unhelpful thinking patterns and build coping skills. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, and problem-solving during life transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maria will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences. She may combine methods and adjust them as needs evolve so therapy stays relevant and manageable.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when deeper interaction helps. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text support quick questions, shorter updates, or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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