Maria Regla, LMFT

Maria Regla is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of experience. She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, and big life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make therapy approachable for a wide range of needs.

Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions focus on practical skills people can use right away. She listens first, then works with each person to set clear, manageable goals and steps to meet them.

Maria draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, EMDR, mindfulness, and a client-centered approach. That mix means she combines skill-building with moments that focus on emotional processing and present-moment awareness. Techniques are tailored to the concern at hand, whether it is panic attacks, postpartum depression, or lingering trauma.

She also supports people facing caregiver stress, problems with communication, life purpose questions, and the strain that follows divorce or disaster. Work may include improving communication habits, reducing overwhelm, and rebuilding self-worth after hard experiences.

Sessions can include talk work, behavior experiments, mindfulness exercises, and paced processing for trauma. Maria aims to help people leave sessions with something useful to try between meetings. Her approach is collaborative, respectful, and attentive to cultural and language needs.

CBT, DBT, and EMDR approaches for online care

Maria uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors that keep stress and anxiety going. CBT often involves simple tools and exercises people can practice between sessions to reduce panic and improve mood.

She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT skills can be useful when feelings feel overwhelming or when someone wants steadier reactions in daily life.

For trauma-related problems Maria may draw on EMDR to help process distressing memories in a paced way that reduces their intensity. EMDR work is done carefully and gradually to match each person's readiness.

Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and preferences to decide which methods to try first. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helping.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is helpful for full conversations and exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text works well for brief check-ins and skills practice. These options let people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines while still working with a licensed professional.