About Maria
Maria Milana is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. Maria uses straightforward, practical methods so people can feel better day to day.
Her work centers on clear goals and steady progress. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques are used to build calm and present-moment awareness. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify values and take steps that matter to them. Maria pays attention to how early relationships and attachment patterns affect current struggles.
She also supports people coping with obsessions, compulsions, panic attacks, social anxiety, codependency, and problems around communication. She addresses issues tied to gender dysphoria, women’s concerns, guilt, shame, and impulsivity when they come up in sessions. Sessions aim to be warm and nonjudgmental.
Maria works collaboratively, helping each person set realistic, manageable goals. She offers concrete skills and homework people can try between appointments. She provides care to people living in Florida and conducts sessions using video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Maria speaks English and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward them while accepting uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, low mood, and life changes by shifting attention toward meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic, social anxiety, or compulsions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and build calm in daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helping and what feels manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and guided skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and messaging work for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when written reflection feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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