Therapist profile
Maria Mir, LMFT
LMFT for adults with parenting and relationship stress
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting strain
- Relationship communication
About Maria
Maria Mir is a California LMFT with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are juggling work, parenting and relationship stress. Her practice focuses on everyday pressures like burnout, grief, intimacy concerns, and coping with life changes.
Maria writes plainly about the strain of modern life. She recognises how a harsh day at work, a fight with a partner, or a triggered emotion can build up. She helps people name what is happening and sort through priorities. Sessions are conversational and practical rather than full of jargon.
Her approach draws on client-centered work and cognitive behavioral ideas to spot patterns that keep problems repeating. Emotionally-focused and psychodynamic influences guide conversations about attachment, inner child material, and the feelings beneath behavior. The Gottman Method informs relationship-focused conversations about communication and commitment issues.
Maria has experience addressing trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, blended family concerns, adoption and foster care issues, and caregiving stress. She also supports people facing chronic illness, cancer, or grief related to loss. Her background includes work with attachment problems, codependency, eating and self-esteem difficulties, and intimacy-related struggles.
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi and Urdu. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to help pick a first session time. Cost varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to remote work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what a person says to help them find their own solutions. It is useful for people feeling overwhelmed by daily responsibilities and who need space to sort priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviors interact and uses simple experiments and strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, stress, and coping with work and parenting pressures. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) pays attention to the emotional patterns that shape relationships and attachment. It helps people name and shift the feelings that keep conflict or distance in play.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maria will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which ideas to try first. She treats therapy as a collaboration and adjusts methods based on what is helping and what is not.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, to check in during a difficult week, or to avoid travel time. Phone sessions can be a shorter option when needed, and video allows face-to-face conversation. Discuss practical scheduling and format preferences when you arrange the first appointment.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English, Hindi, Urdu
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What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting strain along with grief, trauma and intimacy-related issues.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses a conversational, practical style drawing on client-centered methods and CBT to identify patterns and try new ways of coping.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist working with adults on everyday life and relationship concerns.
What credential and region does she practice in?
She is an LMFT licensed in California and practices with that credential.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi and Urdu.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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