About Mariam
Dr. Mariam Sophia Faris helps people dealing with anxiety, stress, relationship strain, and changes in life. She focuses on practical steps that build confidence and improve connection.
Her style is supportive and straightforward, with an emphasis on what a person can do between sessions. Dr. Faris believes each person knows their own story and has strengths to draw on.
She listens without judgment and helps people turn those strengths into concrete actions.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to break down problems into manageable steps so progress feels doable. Her approach combines several evidence-informed methods to match a person's needs. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns.
She also brings elements of acceptance and commitment therapy to clarify values and guide meaningful choices. Emotion-focused ideas help when relationships and intimacy are the main concern. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.
Dr. Faris adapts methods to focus on what works for each person in the room. Dr.
Faris holds the credential NY Psychologist 026905 and has ten years of clinical work in New York. She speaks English and Spanish and works with people on issues such as self-esteem, abandonment, attachment, communication problems, and coping after disasters. Her sessions emphasize clear goals and usable strategies.
Approach-based care delivered online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values even when anxiety or fear is present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought patterns that keep stress and worry going and replacing them with more helpful habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotional responses in close relationships and improving how people connect and respond to one another.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process means techniques are adapted over time as progress and challenges emerge.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face to face without travel. Phone sessions and live chat reduce bandwidth needs and can fit a break at work. Text-based messaging supports brief check-ins and tracking between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around daily life while using approaches like ACT, CBT, and EFT to address anxiety, relationships, and coping skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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