About Maria
Maria Gonzalez is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and grief. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make beginning therapy feel straightforward and manageable. She focuses on clear, practical steps rather than jargon.
Sessions are conversational and guided by what matters most to the client. She listens for strengths and builds small, achievable goals to reduce overwhelming feelings and increase confidence.
Background and approach
Maria uses a mix of methods depending on each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps challenge patterns of thinking that feed anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete skills to manage intense emotions and reduce harmful reactions.
Client-Centered Therapy creates space for people to be heard and to find their own solutions. Her style is respectful and supportive. She adapts the pace and tools to match how someone prefers to work, whether that means skill practice, narrative work, or focused problem solving.
She emphasizes motivation and real-world steps that fit daily life. Maria practices in Florida as an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She aims to make sessions useful from the first meeting and helps people figure out practical next steps toward feeling better.
How specific approaches fit into online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people can find their own answers; it helps when someone needs validation and space to talk through feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that feed anxiety or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes practical skills like emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and mindful awareness to manage intense emotions and reduce impulsive reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try first, based on current goals, comfort level, and what has or hasn’t helped before. That means plans can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for more in-depth conversations and skill demonstrations, while phone calls can fit into a busy day or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging can support quick check-ins, homework guidance, or shorter coaching-style exchanges between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments.
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- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish