- Warm collaborative style
- Bilingual English Spanish
- Practical coping tools
About Maria
Maria Ward is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 13 years of clinical experience in California. She works with people managing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self esteem. Maria speaks English and Spanish and aims to make the first step toward help feel manageable and straightforward.
Maria centers the client's experience in sessions and treats the person, not just the problem. She believes people know their own stories and brings practical tools to help them move forward. Sessions focus on building skills to handle intense emotions, improve relationships, and manage life transitions.
Her background includes long-term work with clients facing parenting challenges, anger and mood shifts, addiction concerns, and grief. She has experience supporting people with attachment and abandonment issues, blended family concerns, and body image struggles. This range informs a flexible approach tailored to the client's needs.
Maria uses a mix of strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-based approaches, and emotionally focused methods. She works collaboratively to help clients set goals, try new behaviors, and practice coping skills between sessions. The emphasis is on small, doable changes that add up over time.
People who reach out can expect a warm, listening presence and practical next steps. Maria encourages questions and partners with each person to design a plan that fits their daily life. To begin, she asks that prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session.
Maria centers the client's experience in sessions and treats the person, not just the problem. She believes people know their own stories and brings practical tools to help them move forward. Sessions focus on building skills to handle intense emotions, improve relationships, and manage life transitions.
Her background includes long-term work with clients facing parenting challenges, anger and mood shifts, addiction concerns, and grief. She has experience supporting people with attachment and abandonment issues, blended family concerns, and body image struggles. This range informs a flexible approach tailored to the client's needs.
Maria uses a mix of strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-based approaches, and emotionally focused methods. She works collaboratively to help clients set goals, try new behaviors, and practice coping skills between sessions. The emphasis is on small, doable changes that add up over time.
People who reach out can expect a warm, listening presence and practical next steps. Maria encourages questions and partners with each person to design a plan that fits their daily life. To begin, she asks that prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session.