About Maria
Maria Coyle is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with 25 years of counseling experience. She uses a client-focused style and aims to make therapy straightforward and practical. Maria speaks English and works with adults on a range of concerns.
She centers sessions on what each person needs right now. Maria listens first, then helps people set clear goals. She draws on client-centered work to follow the person's pace, and uses cognitive behavioral techniques to break down problems into manageable steps.
Background and approach
Her background includes time in a school setting and independent practice, giving her experience with everyday life stressors and developmental challenges. That range helps when people come with anxiety, depression, grief, or parenting strain. Maria also supports people facing attention differences, addictions, eating and food-related issues, and trauma.
Practical problem solving is a common focus. She uses solution-focused strategies and motivational interviewing to identify small changes that add up. Sessions often include setting concrete tasks between meetings to test what helps.
Maria pays attention to each person's cultural background and personal history. The approach is flexible so treatment can shift as needs change. She works with young adult issues, personality disorder-related concerns, self-harm thoughts, relationship challenges, anger, and self-esteem problems.
Practical approaches for online counseling
Maria commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead so goals are set at their pace; it helps when someone needs space to talk through their feelings. Cognitive behavioral therapy breaks problems into thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques when they fit. Motivational interviewing helps people resolve mixed feelings and find the motivation to change. Solution-focused work looks for small, actionable steps that can be tried between sessions. Finding the right mix is a collaborative process - the therapist will work with the client to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit a lunch break or lower bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, paced reflection, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people keep therapy consistent around work, school, and daily life.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English