About Maya
Maya Bates is a licensed mental health counselor in Indiana who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, grief, and depression. She also supports those dealing with family issues, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, and life changes. Maya writes simply and listens closely so people can say what matters and begin to feel steadier.
Maya uses a client-centered approach that puts the person's experience first. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through problems and make sense of strong emotions.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps you can take between meetings as well as exploring what led to current struggles. She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. That approach can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits tied to addiction.
Motivational interviewing is used when people want help finding the confidence to change substance use or other patterns. Maya has seven years of clinical experience and a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling. She says the work is about listening first, then offering tools that fit each person’s goals.
Her background gives her a range of methods to match different concerns. Sessions are offered through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. People in Indiana will find her familiar with local resources and common regional stressors.
She speaks English and works with adults who want to address these kinds of challenges.
How Maya’s Approaches Work Online
Maya often uses client-centered therapy to guide online sessions. That means she focuses on what each person brings to the room, listens without judgment, and follows the client’s pace to identify what feels most important to address. This approach helps people feel heard and better able to talk about difficult topics.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people spot patterns between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions can include breathing or grounding exercises, thought records, and steps to test out new behaviors between sessions. This method is useful for anxiety, depression, and habits related to addiction.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maya will collaborate with clients to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adapts techniques over time, checking in about what helps and what should change so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy with Maya can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer not to use video. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English