Maria Phillips

Maria Phillips is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with three years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, ADHD, and questions about life purpose. Maria also supports individuals facing trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, panic attacks, and challenges tied to attachment or family-of-origin issues.

Maria uses a blend of evidence-based and trauma-informed methods. She draws on approaches such as dialectical behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment techniques, and an ecosystemic structural family framework to guide sessions. In practical terms this means focusing on emotion regulation skills, values-guided goals, and understanding how relationships and systems shape current struggles.

Sessions typically include clear skill practice and straightforward conversation about patterns and options. Maria encourages identifying small, workable changes and building coping tools for intense emotions, impulsivity, or crisis moments. She also helps people sort through career doubts, loneliness, and feelings of guilt or shame as they consider what matters next.

Her background includes a master’s degree in Art Therapy and Counseling from Drexel University. Maria has worked with clients experiencing intimate partner violence, hospice and end-of-life concerns, caregiver stress, and diverse grief reactions. Her work aims to strengthen how people relate to themselves and to others while developing practical ways to manage day-to-day challenges.

Sessions are conducted in English and reflect awareness of cultural identity and personal values. Maria asks new clients to use the site matching questionnaire to schedule a first appointment and to confirm current session options before booking.

How her approaches translate to online work

Maria uses several evidence-based techniques in her practice. Dialectical behavioral therapy ideas emphasize concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Acceptance and commitment therapy focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that align with those values while learning to sit with difficult thoughts and feelings.

She also draws on an ecosystemic structural family perspective to look at how relationships and systems influence a person’s current difficulties. That approach helps map recurring patterns and identify specific relational or role-based changes that can reduce stress and conflict.

Finding the best approach is collaborative. The therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences together, then try methods that fit those priorities. Adjustments are made over time based on what is helpful and what isn’t.

Confirm session formats before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around work or caregiving, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. If you prefer in-person or a specific session style, check the current options before scheduling.