About Maricruz
Maricruz Garcia is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or difficult life changes. She also supports those coping with self-esteem struggles, anger, relationship concerns, addictions, and career pressures.
Her approach blends practical techniques and real-world skills. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and shift everyday behaviors.
Background and approach
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice painful feelings without getting stuck in them. Sessions are straightforward and goal oriented. Maricruz offers space to talk through what’s happening now and steps to move forward.
She pays attention to multicultural concerns and workplace issues when they matter to the person she’s working with. Maricruz speaks English and Spanish and works with people who want to build lasting coping skills. She often brings motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques into sessions to help people find their own reasons and methods for change.
Her practice emphasizes small, measurable changes. Clients work on sleep, daily routines, confidence, or setting boundaries depending on their goals. Maricruz helps people take the next step toward more stable mood, clearer priorities, and better day-to-day functioning.
How her approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that move a person toward a meaningful life despite discomfort. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific skills to change unhelpful patterns. Both approaches are useful for anxiety, mood concerns, stress, and coping with life changes.The right method is something to discover together. Maricruz will talk with clients about their goals, preferences, and daily realities and then try approaches that fit. She often combines ACT and CBT with motivational interviewing or solution-focused techniques when those tools match a client's needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video lets people work face to face from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, step-by-step planning, or when someone prefers typing to talking. These options make it easier to fit skill practice and problem solving into a busy life.
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Grief
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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