About Maria
Maria Wells is a Licensed Professional Counselor with four years of clinical experience based in Wyoming. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Maria approaches each conversation with respect and a calm presence so people feel heard from the first session.
She believes the person in therapy is the expert on their own life. Sessions center on the client's goals and strengths rather than a therapist-led agenda.
Background and approach
Maria aims to make each visit practical, with steps people can use between sessions to manage stress and anxious thoughts. Her work includes talking through patterns that keep harmful behaviors going and helping clients find alternatives that fit their values. For people coping with trauma, she uses methods designed to reduce the hold of painful memories while keeping the pace comfortable.
Maria also supports those facing grief and loss, offering space to process change and adjust to new routines. Motivation and readiness are important parts of change, so she uses conversational tools to build commitment and small, achievable steps. Narrative techniques help clients reframe difficult stories and notice strengths they may have missed.
Over time, people often find clearer choices and better ways to manage triggers. Maria describes the therapy relationship as collaborative and practical. She works in a straightforward manner and helps clients set realistic goals.
If someone wants calm, steady support and usable strategies for anxiety or addiction concerns, Maria is focused on that work.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. The therapist uses reflective listening and open questions to help clients clarify what matters and build on their strengths. This approach works well for stress, anxiety, and self-esteem concerns because it centers the client's priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Sessions include practical exercises and simple tools to shift unhelpful thinking and change actions that keep problems going. CBT is often used for anxiety, stress, and patterns that relate to addiction.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing or EMDR is a method used to reduce the intensity of painful memories. In therapy it involves guided processing to lessen the emotional charge of traumatic events while keeping sessions paced to the client's readiness.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life and different communication preferences.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Grief
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Wyoming
- Languages
- English
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