LCSW
Maria Farraye-Biggs, LCSW
- Experience30 years
- LocationNew Jersey
- Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Trauma and abuse
- Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- LanguagesEnglish and Spanish
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About Maria
Maria Farraye-Biggs is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New Jersey who brings three decades of clinical experience to her practice. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting challenges, ADHD, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Maria emphasizes establishing rapport and trust as the foundation for effective therapy and believes that a collaborative relationship between client and therapist is essential for progress. Her approach is integrative, drawing on client-centered principles, psychodynamic insight, cognitive behavioral strategies, solution-focused techniques, and trauma-informed work as appropriate to each person’s needs.
Maria describes herself as a compassionate, authentic, and reflective listener who balances guidance with respectful challenge. She also speaks English and Spanish and has experience supporting clients through multicultural concerns, postpartum and mood-related issues, workplace stress, and identity-related struggles.
Maria combines clinical skill with lived experience, noting how her own therapy, health challenges, and family background have informed her perspective as a clinician. She aims to help clients identify goals, build strengths, and move toward meaningful change while accompanying them through setbacks and growth.
Integrative Approaches for Online Care
Maria uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can be useful for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) principles to explore emotional experience and patterns in relationships, assisting people who are navigating intimacy and connection issues. These approaches are presented in plain, practical terms and are selected to match the specific problem a person brings to therapy.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Maria works collaboratively with each person to determine what methods fit best based on goals, preferences, and life context. She values client input and adjusts interventions over time so therapy remains responsive and goal-oriented.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, accommodate busy lives, and access support from home or work while using approaches like CBT and EFT in practical, applied ways.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed
New Jersey
Languages
English, Spanish
What Maria can help with
Maria Farraye-Biggs works with clients on stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, depression, and ADHD.
How Maria approaches therapy
Maria's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.
Experience and training
Maria is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in New Jersey.
Therapy style
Maria aims to support and empower you to identify your goals and achieve them.