About Maria
Maria Daly, LCSW, helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, and issues related to gender and sexual orientation. She works with adults who are navigating life changes, questions about self esteem, or isolation and loneliness. Sessions may also address family dynamics, attachment concerns, codependency, and end-of-life issues.
Maria uses a straightforward, collaborative style. She talks with clients to understand what matters most and then builds practical steps together.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on helping people make sense of their emotions and learn skills they can use day to day. Her work blends several approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and trauma-focused methods. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings and behavior.
That mix lets her adapt to each person’s needs while keeping sessions grounded and practical. With 12 years of experience and a license as a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois, she brings steady clinical experience to common life struggles. She emphasizes education about emotional responses as part of therapy, so people leave sessions feeling more able to manage difficulties.
Maria aims to help clients toward greater acceptance, clearer values, and improved functioning. She makes room for small steps and celebrates progress along the way.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take steps toward a meaningful life even when difficult thoughts and feelings show up. It combines simple exercises and practical commitments to reduce avoidance and increase chosen action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with real-life behavior changes, which can ease anxiety and depression symptoms. Trauma-Focused Therapy offers structured ways to address and process distressing memories and reactions, supporting recovery from abuse or other traumatic events.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try first and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping sessions collaborative and goal oriented.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions can be an easier option when bandwidth is limited or when a short check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to get support between calls, keep notes concise, and fit therapy into a busy day.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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