Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Maria works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 18
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Maria
Maria Dias is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and the ripple effects of trauma and relationship strain. She blends practical, down-to-earth methods with time-tested psychotherapy.
Sessions center on the person's goals and move at a comfortable pace. Maria listens first, then helps design steps that feel doable in daily life. Her approach borrows from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical behavior strategies, hypnotherapy, and mindfulness.
Background and approach
That mix lets her match tools to the problem - for example using CBT techniques for anxious thinking or DBT skills for intense emotions. Maria draws on a background in social work from Rutgers University and a Master of Social Work from New York University. Her training also includes work with adolescents, psychoanalytic study, hypnotherapy, and specialized methods for panic and anxiety.
People who come to her often bring concerns about parenting stress, relationship and communication problems, grief, low self-esteem, ADHD challenges, and career strain. She also supports those coping with abandonment, attachment struggles, codependency, and the fallout of separation or loss. In sessions she keeps language simple and practical.
She helps clients set clear, measurable goals and practices skills together so people can try them between meetings and notice real change over time.
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Maria lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-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 and online options for practical skill-building
Maria commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and building goals that matter to the person. It helps people who need a trusting space to talk and make decisions. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage anger, and change unhelpful patterns.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotions run high. DBT skills teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills are useful for managing intense feelings, improving relationships, and handling stressful life changes. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches to try and will adjust methods based on needs, goals, and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls are good for full conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can fit into a lunch break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep progress moving forward.
Questions people ask about Maria
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, ADHD, and related problems such as attachment or codependency.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She combines client-centered listening with CBT and DBT skills, mindfulness, and hypnotherapy when appropriate.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience providing psychotherapy since 2005, working with a range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.