Maria Ward

About me

I have 13 years of professional work experience. I have experience in supporting clients with stress and anxiety, trauma, abuse, parenting issues, anger management. I am experienced working with couples in various dynamics that can emerge in relationships. Remember your relationship is unique, has it's unique needs, and dynamics. I am here to support your relationship, provide tools to strengthen that which might feel like a challenge. Sometimes those "challenges" can be used as an anchor where your relationship lies up on!. Sometimes, relationships can experience challenges communicating not because there are fundamental differences but sometimes small things can make the communication challenging. If is trust issues? you do not have to try to repair or figure out solutions on your own. I am here to meet the relationship were is at, provide tools, space to process and uncovered the strengths of your unique relationship. Support, strengthen, and create a sense of unity between the two. Remember, this space if for your relationship, my focus is to support your relationship, validate and explore tools to strengthening your relationship. I am not here to find who is right or who is wrong, I am here to honor your relationship and the two of you, support you with what the relationship needs to continue growing. Hope to talk to you soon!

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Specialties

• Stress, Anxiety
• Trauma, Abuse
• Anger management
• Depression

Also experienced in:
Addictions , Relationship issues , Family conflicts , Grief , Intimacy-related issues , Eating disorders , Parenting issues , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coping with life changes , Compassion fatigue , ADHD , Abandonment , Adoption and foster care , Aging and geriatric issues , Attachment issues , Blended family issues , Body image , Caregiver issues and stress , Codependency , Commitment issues , Communication problems , Control issues , Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) , Divorce and separation , Domestic violence , Drug and alcohol addiction , Eating and food-related issues , Emptiness , Family of origin issues , Family problems , Fertility issues , Forgiveness , Guilt and shame , Hospice and end-of-life counseling , Impulsivity , Infidelity , Isolation / loneliness , Jealousy , Life purpose , Midlife crisis , Veteran and Armed Forces Issues , Mood disorders , Multicultural concerns , Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD , Panic disorder and panic attacks , Paranoia , Phobias , Postpartum depression , Post-traumatic stress , Prejudice and discrimination , Self-harm , Self-love , Sexual assault and abuse , Smoking / vaping cessation , Social anxiety and phobia , Women's issues , Young adult issues Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Gottman Method, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems

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Services offered

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  Messaging
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  Phone
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  Video

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Languages

English

Spanish

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Licensing

CA LMFT 98143

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Reviews

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