Maria Cipriani
Practical support for stress and relationships
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Maria
Maria Cipriani is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York with 20 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Maria also offers support for LGBT concerns, relationship strains, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues.
In sessions she aims to make sharing easier. Maria creates a straightforward, nonjudgmental space where people can name what feels wrong and try small changes. She values clear conversation over jargon and helps clients break problems into manageable steps.
Background and approach
Her work covers a range of topics including self-esteem, grief, addictions, career concerns, and coping with transitions. Additional areas she addresses include attachment struggles, caregiver stress, codependency, dissociation, and issues around gender dysphoria and sexuality. She also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, infidelity, jealousy, and workplace stress.
Maria draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions and tailors the approach to each person’s situation. She supports people who want hands-on tools as well as those who need space to process feelings. Her style is practical, compassionate, and focused on what a person can do between sessions.
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from outside the United States. The process begins with a match and scheduling step to get started.
Approaches and how online therapy can help
Maria uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on clear, practical work. One common approach she uses centers on teaching coping skills for anxiety and stress - clients learn breathing, grounding, and step-by-step strategies to reduce overwhelm and manage daily triggers. Another approach emphasizes processing trauma and abuse at a pace the person can handle, helping to reduce intrusive memories and improve emotional regulation. These methods are aimed at helping with relationships, self-esteem, grief, and life transitions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Maria will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress and needs change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions fit busy days, and live chat or text-based messaging work for people who prefer writing or need frequent brief check-ins. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around school, work, and caregiving responsibilities while maintaining a steady therapeutic relationship with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
Next step
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