About Maria
Maria Capehart is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with five years of clinical experience. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and works with adults who are facing stress, anxiety, mood concerns, addiction, relationship strain, and life transitions. Maria uses a practical, person-focused style.
She treats each person as the expert on their life and helps them find steps that fit their goals. Sessions aim to build confidence, shift unhelpful beliefs, and teach skills to manage strong emotions and cravings.
Background and approach
Her approach pulls from cognitive behavioral tools, motivational interviewing, and client-centered care. That means conversations are goal-oriented and collaborative, with attention to thinking patterns, readiness for change, and the individual's values. Trauma-focused ideas are used when past distress is affecting day-to-day life.
Maria has worked with people facing co-occurring mental health concerns, immigration-related stress, identity questions, and issues common in LGBTQ and minority communities. She also addresses parenting strain, intimacy-related concerns, grief, and career challenges. In sessions she will look for internal and external resources you can use right away.
Expect straightforward skills practice, reflective conversation, and gentle challenge when needed. The focus is on practical change that helps people move through hard moments and regain balance.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on your goals and perspective. The therapist listens, reflects, and follows your lead so the work matches your needs and values. This approach helps when you want a collaborative, paced process to sort through decisions and priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. Online CBT sessions typically include short skill practice, homework between meetings, and tracking progress. This is useful for worries, low mood, and managing impulses or addictive urges.
Motivational Interviewing helps people move from uncertainty to change. It uses open questions and reflection to strengthen motivation for steps like reducing substance use, changing habits, or trying new coping skills.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will discuss goals, past attempts, and daily routines to decide which methods to try first. That choice is made together and can change as needs evolve.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls let you work face-to-face from wherever you are. Phone sessions can be easier on low-bandwidth days or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, shorter coaching moments, or support between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help fit therapy into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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