About Maria
Maria Farraye-Biggs is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, parenting challenges, and life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and works from New Jersey.
She believes good therapy starts with a steady relationship. Maria aims to build rapport and trust at a pace that feels right. She says people get better results when they feel heard and understood, and she draws on her own experience of being in therapy to stay grounded and practical.
Background and approach
Her style blends direct listening with practical tools. Sessions often include learning coping skills, looking at thought patterns, and clarifying goals. She uses gentle challenges and reflective feedback to help people notice patterns and try different ways of coping.
Maria uses a mix of approaches based on what each person needs. That might include client-centered work to follow what matters most, cognitive behavioral ideas to test unhelpful thoughts, psychodynamic thinking to look at deeper patterns, or solution-focused steps to set small, reachable goals.
She is comfortable addressing a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, ADHD, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, workplace stress, and multicultural or immigration-related struggles. Maria aims to make sessions respectful, authentic, and practical so people can take concrete next steps. To begin, she asks people to identify clear goals and to try techniques between sessions.
Maria’s approach emphasizes strengths, real-life solutions, and steady support during change.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on what matters most to the person. The therapist follows the client's lead, listens deeply, and helps clarify priorities and values; this model is helpful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses clear exercises and homework to test unhelpful thoughts and build healthier habits, which can reduce anxiety and mood symptoms. Emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) helps people name and shift strong emotions in the moment and improves closeness and communication in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they choose or blend methods so sessions stay practical and aligned with the client's needs.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversation time, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit quick reflections, brief coaching, or daily support between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people fit therapy into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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