About Maria
Maria Myslewicz-Weese is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience. She approaches therapy with respect, sensitivity, and compassion to help people facing anxiety and stress. Maria focuses on practical steps clients can use right away to feel steadier and more able to cope.
She works with people dealing with relationship tension, low self-esteem, depression, grief, and the strain of life changes. She also supports those facing addiction, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, and career-related stress.
Background and approach
Additional areas she addresses include communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and social anxiety or phobia. Maria blends several methods to fit each person's needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build committed action.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Emotionally-Focused and the Gottman Method guide work on emotional connection and relationship patterns. In sessions she aims to tailor the conversation and plan to the individual.
That means concrete techniques, skills practice, and space to talk through painful memories and feelings. The approach is collaborative - she helps set goals and checks in often to adapt the plan. Her practice is based in North Carolina and sessions are offered in English.
Maria treats each person as an individual and focuses on small, achievable steps that build toward longer-term change.
Therapeutic approaches that fit online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people name what matters to them and then take small actions toward those values. It can help with anxiety, avoidance, and making steady progress through life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change them. CBT is often useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maria will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and needs. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques if something isn’t working, so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video lets people use visual cues for relationship work or emotional processing. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep focused progress between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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