About Maria
Maria Valtierra greets people with a calm, respectful approach. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Arizona with 12 years of clinical experience. Maria speaks English and Spanish and focuses on practical steps that help people manage day-to-day stress and emotional strain.
Maria helps people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, grief, or relationship struggles. She also supports those facing addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, or career and life transitions.
Background and approach
Her work includes attention to mood disorders, ADHD, eating concerns, and intimacy-related issues. Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions aim to be straightforward and collaborative.
She listens first, then helps clients set clear goals and small steps toward change. Maria draws on several therapy methods to match each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors.
Mindfulness practices help calm intense emotion and build focus. Client-centered principles guide the way she adapts sessions to each person’s values and pace. She also uses solution-focused ideas and motivational interviewing to keep work practical and goal-oriented.
Maria emphasizes respect and steady support while people navigate grief, midlife questions, immigration concerns, or financial stress. Her aim is to help people build skills that fit real life, one step at a time.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Maria often combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to address distressing thoughts and strong emotions. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors, which works well for anxiety, depression, and mood concerns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, useful for stress, grief, and managing cravings.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. Sessions are adjusted over time so the plan fits real needs and progress.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Maria uses video calls for in-depth conversations and nonverbal cues, phone sessions when bandwidth or cameras are limited, and live chat or text messaging for quick check-ins and ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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What this counselor 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