About Maria
Maria Farraye-Biggs greets people with warmth and straightforward care. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - based in New Jersey with three decades of experience. Maria aims to build trust first and then help people work through whatever brought them in.
She listens without judgment and uses a mix of approaches suited to each person. That might include looking at patterns from the past, trying new ways of thinking and behaving, or focusing on present feelings and relationships.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and paced to the clients comfort level. Maria draws on her own life experience as well as long clinical practice. She has supported people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting challenges, ADHD, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and work or career problems.
She also attends to cultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, and womens issues. Therapy with her often includes teaching new skills, examining habits, and setting small goals that add up. Maria values collaboration; she works together with each person to set priorities and track progress.
Conversations can be reflective, hands-on, or solution-focused depending on the need. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. Maria aims to make the process respectful and genuine, helping people find their strengths and move forward at a realistic pace.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. Online sessions use that same emphasis on being heard and understood, helping people name their goals and feel supported as they talk through concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. In remote sessions this often looks like setting short homework, practicing skills between meetings, and checking progress together during video or phone meetings.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and reframe strong emotions and attachment patterns. That work can proceed online through guided conversations and exercises that highlight feelings and relationship dynamics.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort with different formats. This may change over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier scheduling. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions save bandwidth and can fit a work break, live chat supports short check-ins, and text messaging lets people reflect in writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent despite busy days or distance from an office.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English, Spanish