- Practical coping skills
- Trauma-informed listening
- Focus on strengths
About Maria
Maria Russo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Colorado with 25 years of experience. She draws on a psychology undergraduate degree and a Master of Social Work to guide people toward greater well-being. Maria frames her work around helping people move from merely surviving to living more fully and authentically.
She listens closely and helps clients pinpoint what keeps them stuck. Conversations focus on practical steps to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and address depression or grief. Maria also supports people facing relationship strain, intimacy issues, addiction concerns, and codependency patterns.
Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She helps people notice strengths, build coping skills, and make clearer choices. Expect straightforward talk, reflective questions, and tools you can try between sessions.
Maria often works with adults who carry wounds from early life experiences. She offers space to process trauma, understand family of origin patterns, and name emotions that can feel overwhelming. She also addresses life transitions like divorce, caregiving for aging relatives, or career shifts.
Her aim is to help clients reconnect with what matters to them. That can look like setting healthier boundaries, reducing unhealthy coping behaviors, or finding more satisfying ways to relate to others. People who want practical change alongside personal insight often find this approach helpful.
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. The therapist creates an accepting tone, helps people name feelings, and supports choices that match a person's values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It offers concrete strategies to test unhelpful thoughts and practice new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and avoidance.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will ask about your goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together you will try approaches and adjust them based on what feels most useful and practical for daily life.
Confirm the current session options before booking to know which online formats are available. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so people can use a lunch break or evening slot more easily. The goal is to make therapy workable so progress can happen between sessions.
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Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Colorado
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Maria commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, codependency, parenting strain, and major life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and direct. She uses listening, reflective questions, and practical tools to help people try new ways of coping between sessions.
How many years has she practiced?
She has 25 years of clinical experience and has combined academic training with long-term personal and professional work on trauma and recovery.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices in Colorado.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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