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Maria Mir

Calm, practical support for overwhelmed adults

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Credentials
LMFT
Experience
18 years
Licensed in
California
Languages
English, Hindi, Urdu
Format
Online sessions

About Maria

Maria Mir is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who guides adults through common life pressures. She speaks English, Hindi, and Urdu. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by work, relationships, parenting, grief, or constant stress.

Her style is straightforward and grounded, aimed at making daily life feel more manageable. Maria brings 18 years of clinical experience to each session. She listens without judgment and helps clients name what feels hardest.

Background and approach

Together they set small, practical steps to reduce stress and improve coping. Sessions often include talking through relationship patterns and parenting challenges in clear, useful ways. Her approach draws on several well-known methods.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and shift patterns in close relationships. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the conversation focused on each person’s goals and experience.

Maria also works with issues tied to trauma, grief, intimacy concerns, eating and self-esteem struggles, career change, and compassion fatigue. She addresses complicated histories such as adoption and attachment issues when relevant. Her background includes helping people cope with chronic illness, caregiving stress, and blended family dynamics.

Sessions are offered in multiple formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Maria practices in California and holds California LMFT license number 51904. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in the room. The therapist follows your lead, listens closely, and helps you set goals that matter. This approach is useful when someone needs a calm space to sort feelings and priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits. It breaks problems into small, practical steps so people can test new ways of thinking and acting. CBT often helps with anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at the emotional patterns inside relationships. It helps partners or individuals notice how they react to each other and then shift toward safer, more connected responses. This approach is helpful for intimacy-related concerns and improving communication.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest methods to try. Adjustments can be made over time so the work stays relevant to what is actually helping.

Online therapy makes sessions easier to fit into a busy life. Maria offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to match different needs and schedules. These options allow people to work on stress, relationships, parenting, or grief from home or between commitments, while keeping the focus on practical change and steady progress.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What issues can Maria help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, eating and self-esteem problems, career changes, compassion fatigue, and related topics.
What is her general therapy style?
Maria uses a straightforward, listening-first style. She helps clients name problems and try small practical steps to change patterns.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 18 years of clinical experience working with adults on day-to-day stressors and relationship issues.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
Maria is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, CA LMFT 51904, and she practices in California.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, and Urdu.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

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Experience
18 years
Licensed
California
Languages
English, Hindi, Urdu

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