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Virtual Therapy for New York & Massachusetts
Therapy where you're a partner, not a patient
I'm Maria, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15+ years of experience. I bring the clinical expertise; you are the expert in your life. Together, we'll explore your past and find the way forward that fits you.
I specialize in
NY LCSW #087032 | MA LICSW #1140891Accepting New ClientsThe 15-minute consultation is free
15+ Years
Clinical Experience
NY + MA
Licensed in Two States
EMDR
Trained Since 2021
100% AI-Free
Your Words Stay Private
You've Been Carrying This Longer Than You Needed To
Many people who reach out describe something like this:
- Saying yes when you mean no, then feeling guilty or drained
- Resentment that quietly builds in your closest relationships
- A teenager you love who feels further away every month
- Knowing where it all comes from, and still reacting the old way
That gap between knowing and feeling is where I work. Insight matters, but it is rarely enough. My approaches reach memory, the body, and attachment.
My Specialties
The four areas I focus on most, offered virtually across New York and Massachusetts.
View All Areas of SupportPeople Pleasing
For the automatic yes, the guilt when you say no, and the slow loss of what you actually want. Learn to set boundaries without fearing the fallout.
Resentment in Relationships
When frustration builds quietly with a partner, parent, or friend until it shows up as distance or sudden blowups. Understand where it comes from and speak up sooner.
Therapy for Dads of Teens & Adolescents
For fathers whose relationship with a teenager has turned tense or distant. Understand your part, steady yourself, and find a way back to connection.
EMDR for Complex Trauma
EMDR for the lasting effects of repeated or long-term trauma, when you know where your reactions come from but still cannot stop them.
Your Therapist
Meet Maria
NY LCSW #087032 | MA LICSW #1140891
MSW, NYU Silver School of Social Work
I specialize in people pleasing, resentment in relationships, therapy for dads of teens and adolescents, and EMDR for complex trauma. I also work with teens and adults on anxiety and depression. My style is warm and direct: I help you see the patterns that aren't serving you, without shame or judgment.
- 15+ years in community mental health, integrated care, and private practice
- Training in EMDR since 2021, most recently Relational EMDR
A Commitment You Won't Find Everywhere
This Is an AI-Free Practice
Many therapy platforms now record, transcribe, or process sessions with AI. I have made the opposite choice.
- No AI note-takers
- No transcription software
- No session recording
- Nothing that stores or shares what you say
You should be able to say the unsayable, knowing your words stay in the room.
Read the Privacy CommitmentHow I Work
Five approaches, combined around your history and goals.
EMDR Therapy
An evidence-based therapy that helps the brain reprocess painful memories and stuck beliefs, so past experiences stop driving present-day anxiety, reactivity, and self-doubt.
Learn how this works
Attachment-Based Therapy
Therapy grounded in how your earliest bonds shaped the way you connect, trust, and protect yourself, and how those patterns can change in adulthood.
Learn how this works
Relational Therapy
A collaborative approach where the relationship between you and your therapist becomes a living laboratory for understanding and changing how you connect with everyone else.
Learn how this worksQuestions People Ask Before Reaching Out
See All Frequently Asked QuestionsI am accepting new clients. The free 15-minute consultation is usually in the same week you reach out. If we decide to work together, your first full session typically follows within one to two weeks.
Anywhere in New York or Massachusetts. All sessions are virtual.
EMDR helps most when something from your past keeps intruding on your present: memories, reactions, or beliefs that logic cannot budge. In the free consultation, we look at whether EMDR, talk therapy, or a blend fits you.
I do not use AI note-takers, transcription services, or any tool that records or shares session content. What you say stays between us, and that commitment is in my privacy policy.
Intake sessions are $275. Ongoing 50-minute sessions are $250. I am an out-of-network (OON) provider. I confirm coverage details with you first, help you claim reimbursement, and hold a limited number of sliding scale spots.
From the Blog
Plain-language answers to common questions about therapy.
Repeating Relationship Patterns: Signs Therapy Can Help
Different partner, same ending? Repeating relationship patterns usually have roots that make sense once you see them. Here are the signs individual therapy could help, what the work looks like, and how to start.
How to Choose a Relational Therapist
A good relational therapist talks with you, not at you, and is willing to discuss what happens between the two of you. Here is what relational therapy involves, what to look for when choosing a therapist, the questions to ask on a consultation call, and what it costs.
First Trauma Therapy Session: What to Expect
Your first trauma therapy session is mostly about getting to know each other and setting up safety, not about retelling what happened. Here is what usually happens in that first hour, what you do not have to share, and how to tell whether a therapist is the right fit.
The Hardest Step Is the First Message
A free 15-minute consultation by phone or video, with no obligation. Ask anything, and see whether working together feels right.