About Maritza
Maritza Villacis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and brings 15 years of clinical experience to her work. Her style is down-to-earth and practical, with a focus on real conversation rather than clinical jargon.
In sessions she listens first and then helps clients find steps that fit their daily lives.
Background and approach
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to address patterns of thought and build coping skills. Emotionally-Focused and narrative ideas also shape how she approaches relationship and identity concerns. Maritza has experience supporting people facing trauma, abuse, addiction, and caregiving strain.
She also assists those dealing with relationship and intimacy questions, family transitions, and the stress of major life shifts. She works with issues like sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Her approach is collaborative.
She helps clients set goals, try practical strategies, and notice what works. Sessions can include gentle mindfulness practices, thought-focused exercises, and conversations about values and meaning. Practical matters are part of the process.
Maritza offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. People who want to begin can complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
How these approaches work online
Maritza uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try practical behavior changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood. CBT often includes short exercises and at-home practice that translate well to video or messaging sessions.She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple breathing and attention practices that calm the body and increase present-moment awareness. Mindfulness exercises can be guided in a live call or introduced in short text or audio prompts for practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily routines, then suggest methods to try. Clients and therapist check progress and adjust strategies so the plan fits real life.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and guided practices, phone sessions can fit into a busy day or need less bandwidth, and chat or text works well for brief check-ins, homework, or when typing feels easier. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a varied schedule.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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