About Maria
Maria Dally is a licensed master social worker who focuses on practical tools for everyday life. She uses clear, straightforward methods to help people manage anxiety, stress, ADHD, depression, and parenting challenges. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at helping clients feel steadier and more capable.
Maria draws on several evidence-based approaches. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values.
Background and approach
She also uses attachment-based and client-centered methods to build trust and calm in the relationship. Her background includes an MSW from Western Michigan University and four years of clinical experience in community mental health settings. Much of her work has been with individuals and parents, delivered both virtually and in person.
That experience informs how she helps people juggle daily demands, parenting stress, and life transitions. In sessions she focuses on concrete skills - routines to improve sleep and eating, strategies for managing impulsivity and panic, and steps for handling grief or caregiving strain. She helps people practice small changes that add up over time.
Sessions are collaborative, with the client steering priorities and Maria offering tools and feedback. Outside of work she enjoys crocheting, puzzles, cooking, and walks. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to offer culturally aware support that respects each person’s background and goals.
Evidence-based approaches for online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then pick actions that match what matters most. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and managing life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with practical experiments to reduce distress and change behavior; it often helps with panic, sleep problems, and mood symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy centers on relationships and emotional safety, and it can help when past hurts or caregiving stress affect current connections.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maria collaborates with each client to test methods and see what feels most helpful. She will discuss goals and preferences, then adapt techniques so they fit the person's daily life and routines.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or a quick check-in, and live chat or text messaging work well for brief updates or practicing skills between sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around school, work, and family demands while still focusing on practical change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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