About Maria
Maria Slaughter is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with seven years of experience. She draws on direct practice in hospice, HIV care, and community settings to help people facing stress and life changes. Maria speaks English and works with people who want practical support for anxiety and related concerns.
Her approach is grounded in client-centered care. She aims to create a warm, accepting space where goals are clear and manageable steps follow.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what each person brings and what they want to change, not on jargon or long explanations. Maria commonly helps people with anxiety, stress, grief, depression, low self-esteem, sexuality questions, and coping with major transitions.
She also supports those affected by trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, anger, compassion fatigue, and issues connected to adoption, foster care, HIV/AIDS, and end-of-life situations. She uses straightforward methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused strategies alongside client-centered listening. That mix helps people get short-term relief and build skills they can use between sessions.
Her background includes roles at a community LGBT center, HIV linkage and program coordination, and behavioral health work with people without stable housing. Maria currently provides services from Georgia and accepts international clients. People who choose to work with her can expect practical tools, clear goal-setting, and steady support through difficult moments.
How Maria’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on hearing each person without judgment and following their priorities. It helps people feel understood and keeps sessions focused on what the client wants to change.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to break unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by practicing new ways of thinking and behaving between sessions.
Maria sees finding the right approach as a shared process. She will talk with clients about goals and preferences and try methods that fit their needs. Therapy plans can be adjusted over time based on what is most helpful.
Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, while phone sessions can be a quicker check-in or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send brief updates, try short coping tools, or keep in touch between longer sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Georgia
- Languages
- English
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