Maria Gonzalez, LMHC

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Compassionate counselor helping people rewrite their stories

Details

Name	Maria Gonzalez
Credentials	LMHC
Based in	Florida
Licensed in	Florida
Session format	Online
Languages	English, Spanish
Years in practice	15

About Maria

Maria Gonzalez is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and depression. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and struggles with self-esteem. Maria speaks English and Spanish and aims to make the first step feel manageable.

She frames the work as a partnership and offers steady, practical support. Her style centers on listening and adapting to each person's needs.

Background and approach

She uses Narrative Therapy to help clients reframe their stories and notice patterns that shape feelings. She also draws on Client-Centered approaches to keep sessions focused on the client's priorities and strengths. Maria incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when people need concrete tools to challenge unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors.

She may use elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion regulation skills and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people better understand strong feelings. Her approach mixes talk, skill-building, and real-life exercises. Sessions are intended to be collaborative and paced to each person.

Maria emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and practical steps that fit daily life. She works with clients to shape goals that feel relevant and achievable. People often come to explore one concern and stay to work on broader life changes.

Maria encourages small, steady progress and helps people track what works between sessions.

What this therapist works with

Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief among the things Maria works with, alongside the areas below.

Approaches listed

Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Maria directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.

Narrative Therapy in this listing

Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.

If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Maria directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.

Online session options

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Maria often uses Narrative Therapy online to help people notice the stories they tell about themselves and try out new, more helpful ways of talking about problems. This work can involve talking through events, mapping themes, and testing small changes between sessions. Narrative Therapy is useful for restructuring how someone understands trauma, grief, or recurring patterns.

She also relies on Client-Centered Therapy to make sessions feel grounded in the client's priorities. That means the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects feelings, and helps the person find their own solutions. When clients need concrete techniques, she brings in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify difficult thoughts and practice different behaviors in daily life.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they check what is working and adjust the plan as therapy unfolds.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions are an option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can serve for brief check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These formats allow people to fit sessions into busy days and keep steady progress without long travel.

Common questions about this listing

What concerns does she help with?

She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. She also focuses on obsessions, compulsions, OCD, and phobias.

How would you describe her therapeutic approach?

She blends Narrative Therapy with client-centered work to reshape stories and keep the client's priorities central. She also uses practical tools from CBT and skills from DBT when useful.

How much experience does she have?

She has 15 years of professional experience working in mental health settings. That background informs how she structures sessions and supports clients.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL LMHC, practicing in Florida.

Can I work with her in another language?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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