Maria Wilson, LCSW

Maria Wilson is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She draws on 15 years of clinical practice to guide straightforward, practical steps you can use between sessions. She speaks in plain language and focuses on what will make daily life easier.

Maria centers sessions on the person in front of her. She listens without judgment and adapts her approach to each person's needs. Conversations may include skills to reduce anxiety, ways to improve communication, and plans for coping with big life changes.

Her work includes support around trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, eating and body issues, anger, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses challenges connected to adoption and foster care, abandonment, and relationship breakdowns. Maria can help people facing mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression, and those managing co-morbid conditions.

Maria uses a mix of methods in session, including cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts, client-centered listening to understand what matters to you, and DBT skills for emotion regulation. She may also use EMDR for trauma work when appropriate and when it fits your goals.

Licensed in Indiana and Nevada as an LCSW, she brings a practical, respectful style to therapy. The first sessions generally focus on what you most want to address and on simple steps to try between meetings. If you decide to continue, she and you build a plan that fits your life and goals.

Online therapy approaches and how they help

Maria often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress. She also uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening, building trust, and letting the person lead the pace and topics of sessions. Dialectical behavior therapy is another tool she brings in for learning emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when feelings run high.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about your goals, what has helped or not helped before, and any practical limits you have. Together you will try strategies and adjust the plan so it fits your needs and preferences.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let you see facial cues and share worksheets, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text-based messaging supports short updates or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options help fit therapy into work, school, or parenting schedules.