About Maria
Maria O'Donnell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who helps people address stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and trauma. She also supports people working on self-esteem, motivation, and parenting concerns. Her approach is grounded in respect for each person's story and strengths.
Taking that first step can feel hard, and she acknowledges the courage it takes. In sessions she focuses on practical steps people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Conversations often center on clear goals, manageable skills, and what matters most to the client. She uses techniques that help with overwhelming thoughts, panic, and patterns that keep people stuck. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth.
She listens closely and adjusts the pace to match how the client prefers to work. People can expect straightforward talk, reflective listening, and help turning insight into action. Maria draws on years of front-line social work practice to inform her choices in session.
She combines gentle, client-centered listening with strategies from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness exercises. That mix helps address both immediate symptoms and longer-term patterns. For people dealing with attachment concerns, codependency, or issues related to guilt and shame, she offers a calm space to name what is happening and plan next steps.
She also supports those coping with panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and women's issues with focused, practical work.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and finding direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic and persistent worry. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's experience and emphasizes empathic listening to build trust and clarity.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick techniques that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions can shift over time as progress is made and priorities change.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be a simpler option that uses less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief check-ins or a way to reflect between sessions. These options provide flexibility so people can use approaches like ACT and CBT in ways that suit their schedule and daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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