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Maria Phillips, LPC

  • Experience3 years
  • LocationPennsylvania
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Maria

Maria Phillips is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, ADHD, and a range of related challenges.

Background and approach

She draws on training in art therapy and counseling to tailor care around each client's values and strengths, aiming to help individuals navigate difficult emotions, impulsivity, and life transitions while building healthier patterns in relationships and self-regard.

With three years of clinical experience, Maria blends evidence-based and trauma-informed perspectives to address issues such as intimacy-related struggles, caregiver stress, codependency, panic attacks, and isolation. Her work attends to family-of-origin dynamics, attachment and abandonment wounds, and the practical effects of caregiving and hospice concerns.

Maria seeks to meet clients where they are, fostering growth in emotion regulation, conflict navigation, and long-term coping skills. Sessions emphasize collaboration and skill development, with attention to cultural identity and personal goals.

She offers multiple remote session formats to increase accessibility and works to align therapeutic methods with each person’s needs, helping clients make meaningful changes over time.

Therapeutic techniques and flexible online care

Maria integrates evidence-based approaches to address emotional regulation, trauma processing, and values-driven change. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed action while learning to relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings; this approach is often helpful for life transitions, depression, and anxiety. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) emphasizes practical skills in distress tolerance, emotional regulation, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness to reduce impulsivity and improve coping in high-intensity moments.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works together with clients to identify what methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences, and adjusts strategies over time based on what is helping most. That partnership helps ensure techniques are applied in ways that feel relevant and attainable for each person.

Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexible ways to connect around work, caregiving, or mobility constraints. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to practice new skills between sessions, while allowing licensed professionals to tailor pacing and communication style to each client's daily life.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She supports a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, relationship and family difficulties, intimacy-related problems, and compassion fatigue.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
Her style combines evidence-based and trauma-informed techniques while centering clients' values and strengths to build emotion regulation and healthier relationship patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience working with individuals and families across grief, self-esteem, intimate partner violence, depression, anxiety, and neurodevelopmental needs.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is licensed as an LPC in Pennsylvania with license number PA LPC PC013867 and practices from that state.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time and provides services to clients located in Pennsylvania.
Which session formats are available with this therapist?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are sessions priced and billed?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGrief

Also works with

LGBTIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposePanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

3+ years

Licensed

Pennsylvania

Languages

English

What Maria can help with

Maria Phillips works with clients on stress and anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and grief.

Maria works with clients and their families navigating grief/ loss, self-esteem concerns, intimate partner violence, and depression.

Experience and training

Maria is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Pennsylvania, with 3 years of clinical experience.