About Maria
Maria Eijo is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience helping people navigate hard moments. She practices in Florida and offers services in English and Spanish. Her work covers issues like depression, anxiety, self-esteem, grief, addiction, and trauma.
She has long experience supporting adult survivors of abuse and people facing serious illness, hospice, and end-of-life concerns. Maria also brings experience with LGBT concerns, HIV, and multicultural stressors.
Background and approach
She emphasizes practical coping skills and steady emotional support. Sessions focus on building strengths and clearer thinking. Maria uses approaches that help clients set concrete goals, test new behaviors, and reflect on personal meaning.
She also uses motivational strategies to help people move toward change at their own pace. Therapy can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That flexibility makes it easier to fit work on mood, relationships, or life transitions into daily routines.
She works collaboratively and keeps plans simple and focused. People come with concerns about parenting stress, career shifts, sleep and eating problems, anger, ADHD, and caregiving strain. Maria helps people identify next steps, practice small changes, and track progress over time.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Maria often combines client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques. Client-centered work means the therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the person. That approach helps people feel understood and seen while deciding what to work on next. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and improve sleep.She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas to help people move toward change. Motivational interviewing supports readiness for change by exploring a person's reasons and strengths. Solution-focused work narrows attention to concrete goals and small steps that show quick progress. Maria will discuss these options and help the client choose or combine approaches in collaboration with their needs, goals, and preferences.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can be used for brief notes, ongoing support, or more frequent check-ins between longer sessions. These options make it easier to continue care around work, caregiving, and travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish