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Maria achieved her master’s degree from the Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling program at the University of South Florida. She has 4+ years of experience in the mental health field with focuses on crisis work, behavioral therapy, child-centered approaches, and trauma. Maria is a bilingual therapist that embraces using cultural components that the client feels fitting into session. Maria primarily focuses on working with people that feel distress and frustration with their current relationships. No matter if this is a relationship with a partner, family member, or yourself, she will help you build on your acceptance, self-esteem, self-compassion, and personalized goals to maintain more meaningful relationships. Maria’s holistic approach will allow you to explore and reflect on the interaction of all your relationship dynamics and help you process past experiences that have shaped these dynamics.

In addition to this, you will be able to work on your emotional regulation skills and the coping strategies you integrate. Some of Maria’s approaches include Play Therapy Techniques, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Maria does couples sessions, family sessions, and individual sessions either in person or telehealth. With Maria you can gain the clarity you have been seeking no matter where you currently are at. She works under the supervision of Melissa Bretz LCSW and a Qualified LMHC Supervisor.

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