Maria Concepcion, LMHC

Maria Concepcion is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 13 years of practice. She aims to make sessions feel like a relaxed conversation so people can talk openly about worry, stress, or relationship concerns. She offers support with anxiety, depression, and problems that affect daily life and work. Sessions include practical tools, direct feedback, and collaborative planning to help people move forward.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as a primary approach to help people notice how thoughts shape feelings and behavior. Sessions are meant to be active - not just talking. Clients are asked to try short exercises between meetings, send messages when helpful, and complete simple assignments that reveal patterns in thinking and mood.

Maria also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas when they match a person’s needs. She combines those with a warm, straightforward style and, when requested, spiritual reflection tied to the client’s beliefs. The work is paced to each person’s goals and comfort level.

People who prefer a counselor who is direct, compassionate, and practical may find a good fit. Maria offers services in English and Spanish and practices in Florida. The focus is on clear steps, steady practice, and measurable progress toward day-to-day relief and healthier relationships.

Her approach is collaborative: she helps set goals, teaches skills, and checks in on what’s working so adjustments can be made along the way.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-driven steps even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. It supports work on anxiety, depression, and stressful life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to change mood and behavior. It is useful for worry, low mood, sleep problems, and many day-to-day difficulties. Attachment-Based ideas look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional reactions, which can help with intimacy-related struggles and communication problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest a mix of methods that fit. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it simpler to use messaging and brief between-session exercises that the therapist described as part of her method. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and ACT tools to remote sessions so that practical skills and regular practice continue even when meeting remotely.