About Maria
Maria "Mali" Jimenez is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people handle stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. She supports people facing trauma, addiction, parenting strain, body image and identity concerns, and transitions like divorce or career change. Mali speaks English and Spanish and is based in Colorado.
Mali brings seven years of clinical experience across nonprofit, hospital, and independent practice settings. She uses clear, practical techniques so conversations feel useful from the start.
Background and approach
Sessions often include gentle challenge alongside steady support to help clients move past stuck patterns. Her work draws on attachment-focused ideas to look at how early relationships shape current habits. She combines that with cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Mindfulness and somatic practices are used to help people notice emotions and physical sensations as they come up. Mali also uses psychodynamic ideas to explore family of origin themes and longstanding patterns. Motivational interviewing is part of her approach when people need help finding the will to change.
Together, these methods are applied in a way that fits each person’s goals and pace. Clients can expect a collaborative style where the person leads their process and Mali offers guidance, tools, and observations along the way. Practical skills and clearer self-understanding are common focuses in sessions.
To begin, readers can use the site’s Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule with Mali.
Approaches in online sessions and how they help
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand why they repeat certain habits in close connections and how to build more supported ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. It offers concrete strategies for anxiety, depression, and behavior change that people can practice between sessions. Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Mali collaborates with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and comfort level. That might mean starting with CBT skills for symptom relief, then using attachment or psychodynamic work to address deeper patterns. The plan is adjusted as progress and needs change. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are used for in-depth conversation and eye contact. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates, ask questions, or use brief coaching-style support between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility so work, family, or travel do not block consistent care.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- District of Columbia, Colorado
- Languages
- English, Spanish