Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Maria works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Maria
Maria Concepcion is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 13 years of experience. She aims to make sessions feel like a conversation with a supportive friend. Maria offers practical tools and direct guidance for people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy challenges, and anger.
She combines clear, down-to-earth conversation with hands-on exercises. Therapy often includes short assignments and messaging between sessions to spot thinking patterns and change unhelpful habits.
Background and approach
Maria emphasizes active participation so progress continues outside scheduled appointments. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a frequent part of her work, used to help people reframe thoughts and manage emotions. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas when they fit a person's goals.
These approaches are presented in simple, practical terms rather than jargon. Her style is compassionate and direct. She provides spiritual reflection when clients request it, honoring each person's faith and beliefs without imposing them.
Sessions are focused on achievable steps and real-life coping strategies. Maria works with concerns that include coping with substance-related family stress, self-esteem, career strain, parenting pressures, trauma and eating or sleeping difficulties. She offers services in both English and Spanish to people located in Florida.
What Maria works with
Everything Maria lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Maria's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Maria lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate to online work
The therapist often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering clear exercises that transfer well to homework and messaging between sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is another common approach, focusing on values-based action and simple mindfulness practices to manage difficult feelings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest techniques to try. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust methods as progress is tracked over time.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and skill practice, while phone sessions can fit a lunch break or low-bandwidth situations. Live chat and text messaging make it easy to check in between appointments and follow up on short assignments. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and continue progress outside scheduled sessions.
Questions people ask about Maria
What concerns does she address?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, plus challenges like addiction-related family strain, self-esteem and sleep or eating difficulties.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are conversational and straightforward, with practical tools and short assignments to practice between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has worked as a therapist for 13 years, using compassion and directness to help clients reach their goals.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with licensure in Florida and provides services to people in that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing contact and check-ins.
How does payment work?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.