About Maria
Maria Bedoya helps people manage stress, anxiety, life changes, and the strain of caregiving or compassion fatigue. She also offers coaching for professionals and supports concerns related to domestic violence, immigration, self-love, and issues young adults face. Maria speaks English and Spanish and brings 11 years of clinical experience to her work.
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, practicing in Florida. Maria keeps sessions straightforward and focused. She listens first and asks practical questions to clarify what a person wants to change.
Background and approach
Together they set small, doable goals and track progress week to week. Sessions mix talking, skill-building, and real-world steps to help people notice change. Her approach draws on client-centered work and cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
She also uses mindfulness practices to help people stay present and Motivational Interviewing to support difficult decisions. Solution-focused techniques help clients find immediate next steps when they feel stuck. Maria aims to make therapy a calm, nonjudgmental space.
She values cultural background and lived experience and uses that perspective when supporting people from diverse backgrounds. Her style is warm and direct, with practical tools you can use between sessions. People come to her wanting clearer priorities, less overwhelm, and better ways to cope.
She encourages small experiments and honest check-ins so progress feels doable rather than overwhelming.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding a person's perspective so they feel heard and respected; it helps when someone needs space to talk through feelings and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors to find small experiments that reduce worry and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and calm the mind during stressful moments.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean trying a few techniques, adjusting them over time, and tracking what helps most in daily life.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from wherever someone is, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging makes it easy to share updates between meetings. These options help people fit therapy around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities and keep momentum between sessions.
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- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish