About Maria
Maria Molano is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, relationship strain, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Her manner is warm and interactive, aiming to make sessions feel respectful and approachable for anyone who feels stuck or overwhelmed.
Maria listens for the practical problems behind strong emotions and uses straightforward conversation to build a plan.
Background and approach
She draws on several evidence-based techniques to help people change unhelpful thinking and cope with painful memories. Sessions are adapted to each person, so the pace and focus reflect what matters most in daily life. She has worked with people facing abandonment fears, attachment difficulties, communication problems, codependency, infidelity, and isolation.
Maria also addresses mood concerns such as persistent low mood, irritability, and patterns tied to personality styles that interfere with relationships. Her background includes supporting people who have experienced domestic violence and other forms of emotional harm. In therapy she blends practical exercises with deeper conversation to both reduce distress and strengthen longer-term coping.
People can expect clear goals, gentle challenge when needed, and attention to real-world changes they can try between sessions. Maria encourages small steps and celebrates progress along the way. She works in English and offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
To begin, clients use the site’s Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on availability.
Evidence-based techniques and online care
Maria commonly uses cognitive-behavioral methods to help people identify and change thoughts and behaviors that worsen anxiety or low mood. These techniques involve practical exercises, short home tasks, and skill-building that address everyday problems like worry, avoidance, and negative self-talk.She also incorporates humanistic and psychodynamic ideas to understand patterns that come from past relationships and life events. This approach helps people make sense of recurring feelings like shame, abandonment, or difficulty trusting others and links those patterns to current choices and relationships.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and preferences, then try techniques that fit those needs. Over time they adjust the focus as progress is made or as new concerns come up, keeping the plan practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers several conveniences for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, short reflections between sessions, and flexibility for people who need shorter or more frequent contact.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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