About Maria
Maria Castro is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington with 12 years of practice. She offers therapy in English and Spanish and works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and ADHD. Her plain, steady approach aims to make appointments feel manageable for a worried parent reading on a phone.
She focuses on practical steps and clear goals. Sessions are collaborative and respect each person's experience. Maria leans on Client-Centered ideas that place the client as the expert in their life while she listens and reflects back what matters most.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of how she helps people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Solution-Focused strategies are used to find small, achievable changes that build momentum between sessions. Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel stuck or unsure about next steps.
Maria often helps with relationship strain, parenting stress, self-esteem struggles, grief and trauma-related concerns. She also addresses anger, panic, and adjustment after disasters or other major life changes. Her experience includes supporting people impacted by physical, sexual, or emotional abuse.
Her style is respectful, inclusive, and strengths-based. She aims to tailor each plan to what a person needs right now. If someone is ready to start, she guides them through practical steps toward clearer routines and greater day-to-day coping.
Approaches in online therapy and how they help
Maria blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to make online work feel personal and concrete. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and helping people clarify their own goals, which can be especially useful for sorting priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, or attention challenges and teaches practical strategies to change them.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works together with each person to choose techniques that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning can shift as progress is made, with regular check-ins about what is helping.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. Video calls support face-to-face interaction for full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler call for days with low bandwidth or shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief updates, quick problem-solving between sessions, or a way to connect when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or childcare commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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