About Maria
Maria Woods is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas with 14 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. She also supports concerns related to postpartum depression, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and issues tied to adoption and foster care.
Maria keeps sessions warm and interactive. She listens without judgment and tailors conversation to each person's needs. The goal is practical change that fits daily life, not more labels.
How Maria works
Her work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. That means she helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts, practice new habits, and clarify values to guide choices. Sessions often include simple exercises to try between meetings.
Maria also addresses grief, hospice and end-of-life concerns, feelings of guilt or shame, and isolation. She offers space to talk through forgiveness, life purpose, and self-love in ways that feel manageable. Veteran and armed forces issues and multicultural concerns are also within her focus areas.
People who choose her can expect a respectful, sensitive approach focused on what matters most to them. She works with each person to create a plan and adjusts it as needs change. Taking a first step can feel hard, and she aims to make the process steady and clear.
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What Maria works with
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Therapeutic approaches for online care
Maria draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then choose actions that match their values. This approach can be useful for anxiety, grief, and finding direction in life.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behavior patterns. CBT often focuses on concrete steps and small experiments to reduce symptoms like anxious worry or depressive thinking.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will listen to your goals and preferences and recommend methods that fit your needs, adjusting the plan as you go. The collaboration helps ensure therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people write between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue care when in-person visits are difficult.
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