About Maritza
Maritza Ejenbaum is a licensed clinical social worker with 36 years of experience. She practices in North Carolina and offers care in both English and Spanish. Maritza focuses on helping people who feel stuck by teaching skills and building understanding so they can move forward.
Her work centers on practical tools for stress and anxiety. She also helps people manage depression, addictive behaviors, and mood conditions such as bipolar disorder.
How Maritza works
Maritza addresses intimacy and relationship concerns, grief, self-esteem, and life changes in straightforward conversations. Maritza draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships still affect choices today. She uses client-centered methods to shape sessions around each person's needs.
Cognitive behavioral ideas come into play when people want concrete ways to change thoughts and behaviors. Her style emphasizes respect, dignity, and collaboration. She aims to earn trust and work alongside each person to set realistic goals.
Maritza believes therapy should be tailored to fit the person rather than forcing a single method on everyone. Maritza has worked across diverse cultural, ethnic, sexual orientation, and spiritual backgrounds. She combines experience with clear tools and gentle challenge to help people increase self-confidence and personal empowerment.
This approach supports practical change, not just talk. People who prefer direct guidance paired with empathy often find this approach helpful. Sessions include skill teaching, reflective discussion, and planning for everyday situations.
The focus is on real-world progress and usable steps toward a more manageable life.
Maritza lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Maritza works with
The areas below are the ones Maritza 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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 36 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships affect current patterns. In online sessions this looks like talking through how past connections influence current trust, closeness, and reactions to stress. It can help with intimacy struggles, attachment issues, and understanding family of origin patterns.Client-centered therapy centers the session on the person's own goals and pace. The therapist listens, reflects, and follows the client's lead to build insight and confidence. This approach supports people who want a respectful, nonjudgmental space to make sense of difficult feelings.
Cognitive behavioral techniques provide concrete tools to change thoughts and behaviors. In an online format these skills translate into action plans, thought records, and step-by-step experiments to try between sessions. They are useful for anxiety, mood symptoms, and behavior change like addictive patterns.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and personal style. That collaboration can change over time as goals evolve.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options give flexibility - video for deeper conversation, phone when bandwidth is limited, chat for brief check-ins, and messaging for ongoing support. The variety helps people fit therapy into busy schedules and makes it easier to follow through on the work between sessions.
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