About Maria
Maria Valtierra is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Arizona who offers calm, straightforward support for people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and ADHD. She speaks English and Spanish and brings 12 years of experience to conversations about everyday struggles and major life shifts. Her approach is warm and respectful.
Maria listens closely, helps clients set small, realistic goals, and adapts sessions to each person’s needs. She uses clear tools and simple exercises so people can try new habits between sessions.
Background and approach
Maria draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. She blends that with client-centered listening and mindfulness practices to help people notice what’s happening now and choose different responses. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas are used to support change and build on strengths.
She has worked with people facing mood disorders, relationship and parenting concerns, substance-related problems, trauma and abuse, and career or financial stress. She also addresses issues like obsessive behaviors, panic, phobias, seasonal mood shifts, and self-esteem struggles. Sessions are conversational and practical.
Maria helps people break big problems into manageable steps, encourages small experiments, and reviews progress together. Her goal is to help people feel more in control and more able to move forward. To begin, she asks clients to share what matters most and then builds an individualized plan.
The focus is on measurable change and steady progress, guided by the client's priorities.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy is about listening deeply and following your priorities; a therapist reflects what matters to you and helps shape sessions around your goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy breaks problems into thinking, feeling, and behavior steps and teaches practical techniques to change patterns that keep you stuck. Mindfulness therapy uses simple attention practices to help you notice reactions and choose different responses when stress or strong emotions arise.Choosing the right approach is something the therapist will do with you. She will ask about your goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. The process is collaborative and focused on finding strategies that fit your life and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful when visual cues and real-time conversation matter. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging make shorter check-ins and ongoing support easier to fit into a busy day. These options let you schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or school commitments and keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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