About Maria
Maria Farraye-Biggs is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and parenting challenges. Her style is warm and straightforward, and she aims to build trust early so clients feel heard and respected.
She draws on a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. Sessions often include practical strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and focused conversations that highlight strengths and solutions.
Background and approach
Maria also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that started long ago when that feels useful. Maria speaks English and Spanish and has worked in independent practice and other settings. She has supported people through grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, workplace stress, mood disorders, and life transitions.
She also helps clients navigate multicultural stress and prejudice-related challenges. Her approach is interactive. She listens closely, reflects what she hears, and gently challenges when needed.
Therapy with her typically includes goal-setting, skill-building, and checking what’s working between sessions. Maria knows what it is like to be a therapy client herself and draws on that experience to relate to others. She aims to make the process genuine and respectful while helping people move toward clearer goals and better day-to-day coping.
Integrating evidence-based approaches with flexible online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so clients feel understood and can set their own goals. It helps when someone needs acceptance and a space to work through feelings at their own pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thinking patterns and daily habits and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful behaviors and reactions. It is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and managing ADHD-related challenges like organization and focus.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process may include experimenting with short-term strategies or deeper exploration until a good fit emerges.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for full sessions and visual connection. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when people prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while trying different approaches.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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